DUTCH EAST INDIES.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1922, Page 7

DUTCH EAST INDIES.

A MARKET FOR N.Z. PRODUCE. The prospects of finding R market for New Zealand produce in the Dutch East Indies are blieflv discussed in the anntial report of the Department of Industries and Commerce. “It is fully expected,” states the report, “that something tangible will be done before long to exploit, to the advantage of this country, the markets in the East which are now available to us. As a preliminary to trade ' being established, it would appear to be I advisable for this Dominion to take ad- . vantage of tls invitation to make an ■ exhibit at the annual fair held at BuitenI zorg, Java, in September of each year. ' The New Zealand Industrial Corporation lis interesting itself in the matter of making such an exhibit, and it is probable that New Zealand will participate in the fair to be hold in 1923. “New Zealand must sooner or later have direct shipment to a market possessing such possibilities, and it jvould seem to be a necessary preliminary to opening up trade and shipping negotiations that traders here should adopt the methods taken by Mr. Teppema (ConsulGeneral for the Netherlands) in New Zealand, and bring their produce and manufactures directly under the notice of merchants and traders in Java. Once our products become known a big trade can reasonably be expected. “In Java there is a market for dairy produce, meat, cattle, honey, flour, marble, coal, and for manufactures such as soap, canned foods, leather, footwear, confectionery, and cement.