TRADE WITH HONOLULU.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 July 1921, Page 5

TRADE WITH HONOLULU.

MEAT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW ZEALAND. By TelegTaph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. For a considerable time Honolulu and New Zealand merchants have been endeavoring to secure regular allotments of refrigerator space iu the New Zea-land-Vancouver mail steamers to work up trade in New Zealand meat, butter, etc. The Department of Industries and Commerce has done everything possible to develop the trade, and Union Company is now' carrying to Honolulu by the Niagara and the Makura all the refrigerated cargo offering.

The Western Canadian demand for New Zealand meat has eased off for the Canadian mid summer and no difficulty is anticipated in meeting the Hawaiian reifigeri.tor space requirements till the Canadian demand for our meat revives in October. The Union Company hopes to be able to provide 150 tons space for meat all the year round. To supply the United States navy and army garrison contractors, the civil population of Hawaii (260,000) and the large Canadian and American tourist traffic affords a big market for high-class food products, and given a certainty of cargo space available a favorable opportunity exists for New Zealand exporters to exploit this market. Besides meat Hawaii can take apples, onions, potatoes, butter, cheese, eggs, smoked and fresh fish, dried and condensed milk, canned meats, grass seed, woollen suitings, blankets, rugs, hosiery, etc. The* United States emergency tariff will, however, have a modifying influence on trade between New Zealand and Honolulu and prospective exporters must take this into consideration. It is understood fruit and some agricultural and pastoral products are to be subject to duty.