WELCOME TO EMPIRE FOOD ARMADA
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quaint ceremony LARGE N.Z. CHEESE CARGO HERALDS SEASON'S ARRIVALS LONDON LORD MAYOR'S IIOPES
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LONDON, Wednesday. The Lord Mayor, Sir Maurice Jenks, as Admiral' of the Port of London, accompanied by the Sheriffs, drove in the State Coach and four bays, to the wharf to weleome the arrival of the Somerset's 40,000 cases of New Zeaand cheese. A fanfare of trumpets greeted his arrival, and he was piped aboard the cheese-laden barge, on which Sir Thomas Wilford (High Commissioner for New Zealand) welcomed him. i In proposing the toast of the New Zealand cheese industry at a subseauent luncheon, Sir M. Jenks said "The Somerset heralded the arival of the Empire's food armada. He hoped Britain would concentrate on Empire food, enabling reciproeation by British ships being laden to the plimsoll with British goods to' the Dominions." • Sir Thomas Wilford, in responding, said he believed this was the psyphological moment to introduce a lasting system of inter-Imperial trade. He urged the public not to listen to .the nonsense talked about Empire countries exploiting Britain by raising the prices.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 76, 20 November 1931, Page 5
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187WELCOME TO EMPIRE FOOD ARMADA Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 76, 20 November 1931, Page 5
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