NEW ZEALAND' EXHIBITION IN LIVERPOOL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3888, 27 December 1928, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND' EXHIBITION IN LIVERPOOL.

One of the first duties of the new Lord Mayor of Liverpool (Aiderman Miller) was to open a fortnight’s exhibition of New Zealand dairy produce, so that Liverpool might better appreciate the qualities of Dominion produce. “When Sir James Parr, the New Zealand High Commissioner, was here recently, he said Liverpool was splendidly suited for supplying 20,000,000 people in the Midlands, but I ,don’t think the overseas people quite appreciate the advantages that would be gained by making more use of Liverpool as a distributing centre. We have the accommodation.

“Nor do I think the citizens realise what they are .doing when they give foreign goods preference over the goods of our own Ikit'h and kin. If they would only insist on procuring Dominion goods it would not be long before a direct shipping line between here and New iZealand would prove a paying proposition.” Mr. L. A. P. Warner, general manager of the Dock Board, also referred to the question of direct shipments. He said the (Board had been trying hard for the last six years to get them. The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress were welcomed by Mr. Alexander MeFettriek, president of the Liverpool' Produce exchange, who said New Zealand’s prosperity was linked up with ours. The exhibition which was a direct sequel to Sim James Parr’s visit, was organised iby the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board. It gave the Liverpool public a chance to sample New Zealand butter and cheese and to isee the hygienic manufacturing methods of New Zealand dairies.