TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 99, 25 July 1902, Page 4

TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

Mr YV m.. Thorne, JVlj*y<pr town, writing ,to the Ne ; w|Herald under' date of ; 2hd June, say^‘.! —“Yow wfll: and son, Advocate. Thorne, ( visited vox* in- Sfovember, - 189|9. T‘ advocated through jyimr paper ., visabihty oi ydiii-, meat ‘companies combining to at-range for a 4 steamer to be stationed, here for the disposal of your meat and other pro, duee, such as butter, etc , for cold storage, explaining that on account of the South African Cold Storage Company haaing a monoply, r\o store in Capetown, could be hired for this, pur-.' pose. Had this been done, it would , long ere this have led'to'' a very large, trade with your colony.jt is npt too late to do so even how ? . for I gather from late information that tjife new' company, called the Imperial Cold, Storage company, with which the De Beers are connected, are doing this very thing. They pre using the Maori "King on hire in' Table Ray for this purpose of cold storage for distribution. Your meat being so suptripi to that obtained from other countries, would soon command customers, and although the war is practically over, foodstuffs will have to be imported for a very long time yet.'. Then there is a big opening here for all sorts of live stock, and your colony ought to have a share of it. Excuse iny mentioning these things, but, haying had a little trip through your colony, I know how well vou can spare some of your surplus stock.”