DOMINION PRODUCE.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 379, 10 March 1937, Page 6

DOMINION PRODUCE.

Royal Inspection at Industries Fair. The New Zealand stand was the first to be inspected by the King and Queen, Queen Mai/y, and other members of the Royal Family, When they visited the British Industries Fair re- : cently, states a London correspond- I ent.

The New Zealand stand is indeed worthy of the attention paid to it the Royal Family. Tit is attnSci*/©. colourful, and v.'ith a happy proportion of variety. Its chi;if feature perhaps, is an excellent working model made in New Zealand. Snowcapped Mount Egmont towers in the background and stretching out to a road is a farming scene including models of sheep and coWs. On one side is a model of a dairy factory with a rotating churn, and from its doors loaded motor-lorries carry the crates to a ship’s side, where a model Wharf includes a working crane.

A selling point invariably emphasised in the sale of New Zealand products in England is the position the Dominion occupies as a British customer. This also is included in the stand. Prospective buyers can see

for themselves th’ait “New Zealand is a greater buyer of British manufactures than ariy foreign country, except the United Stattes”; that New Zealand is Britain’s chief supplier of butter and cnees, e/ lamb and muitton. and that. 74 per cent of her imports are British

The Dominion’s position in world trade is emphasised by announcements that she ie the world’s greatest exporter of dairy produce, muiftofa and lamb, and the second greatest exporter of 'v’ool.