Australia's Opportunity.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7930, 20 September 1905, Page 2

Australia's Opportunity.

One effect of the Chinese boycott o£ American goods is the attention :boing given to Australian Dur« ins the past few weeks tMese mss* chants in New Soutu. >Vaie? and .victoria have been placing large orders for flour for shipment io hongkong, There are, however, dilliculities in the way 01 immediate fulfilment of I tfcse ciders, owing to the fact that most of our flour is put,up iu 200 ft Uiga. What the Uhiuisc merchants require is that it should be put up, in oUlb sacks, and in order to comply. with., this demand millers have .ta manufacture fresh supplies, as it would not pay to rebag supplies already on hand, The merchants see '« this delay a possibility of losing the market, as there is no knowing how long that the boycott will last, and there is also the possibility of other cnuntries getting in first. The Chin-, ese merchants say if there is a pos-. sibility of merchants giving a guar- > anlee that the standard bag could be ' furnisltcd without delay they would purchase largely. Both Melbourne and Sydney Chinese have -already; shipped large quantities ol flour W Hongkong and other shipments are now being arranged for. That this demand is having an effect on the price of flour in the local merchant is shown by the fact that one Chin-! ese merchant who purchased a quan-. t'ity, of flour for shipment last Frli day endeavoured to secure another 50! tons on Monday, when the seller flw manded 5s per ton more. The Young Co-operative Flour Mills" is also bus* ily engaged in fulfilling orders for shipi ment to Hongkong, and at giesent arc unable to accept -further orders,. Chinese merchants are also making enquiries with a view o| making a trial shipment of frozen rabbits. to China, and last week when a number ol them visited Young in connection with the anvi-opium crusade they, took the opportunity, of inspecting the Burrangopg Chilling Works, a»d were shown over the premises by tie manager, Mr Henderson, and received a lot of valuable information which; they believe will be of service in making the arrangements for a trial shipment. The Chinese merchants point out that the present occasion is Australia's opportunity, but ,whak ever is done will have to be done quickly, otherwise other countries will get in before us.—Australian Exchange. '