N.Z. PRODUCE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 711, 11 December 1933, Page 7

N.Z. PRODUCE

("Post" Special Correspondent)

IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR HANDLING AT HOMB.

Wellington, Tuesday. It is via Hay's Wharf, London, that the great ibulk of the Dominion's dairy produce finds its way ultimately to the consumer in Great Britain. Hay's Wharf extends for three-quar-ters of a mile above and below London Bridge, and has such ample cold storage aecommodation for New Zealand' butter and cheese that 22,000 tons of the former and 9000 stons of the latter can he dealt with easily at one time. Any number of ships arriving simultaneously can be unloaded expeditiously and their cargoes of dairy produce, handled in bulk, placed direct from the ship's side into cool store, thereby saving expense and ensuring the preservation of the quality of the produce. Mr. E. F. Farrow, the manager of this concern, which means so much' to the New Zealand exporter of dairy produce, arrived in Wellington this morning by the Marama from Sydney. His trip to New Zealand will combine business and pleasure. Opportunity will he taken to consult with the Dairy Board about the handling of exported dairy produce in London. Mr. Farrow has been in consultation recently with th'e Austxalian Dairy Export Board on the same matter, and he : remarked this morning .to an Evening* Post representative that from December I Australia had come into line with New Zealand, having awakened to the fact that for ihe iast six dr seven years, the Dominion

had been managing her dairy exports much more advantageously than Australia had done formerly. Great strides, said Mr. Farrow, had heen made in the service, and dairy produce was now protected by a cbain of inspection all through its journey from farm to counter. Improved cold storage facilities and handling wer.e great improvements on - the old system, and New Zealanders j could now nest assured that their dairy produce reached the market in the best possible condition. jOiwing- to the excellent propaganda carried on by the Dairy Export Board, New Zealand butter was gradually winmng a market in northern districts in England and i localities hitherto firmly wedded to Danish butter. The outlook for New Zealand butter, he thought, was good. A suggestion that he might say something about a quofca on dairy produce was waived aside by Mr. Farrow as ground upon which it might be dangerous to tread.