THE EMPIRES FOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 October 1922, Page 5

THE EMPIRES FOOD.

IGNORANCE IN BRITAIN. EXHIBITION BLUNDER. PUBLICITY MAY BE LOST, By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Oct. 19, 7.50 p.m. London, Oct. 18. The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir Joseph Cook), in a letter to the Press, says Mr. Robert Donald's disclosure regarding the opinion of the management of the Empire Exhibition, that Imperial foodstuffs could not alone maintain the exhibition restaurants, is a most unfortunate commencement. The assertion that it is impracticable for the Dominions to supply foodstuffs and other necessaries for restaur ants is pure nonsense, and Mr. Donald’s references will cause consternation in the Dominions. Sir Joseph Cook adds that the Dominions could provide everything needful from the foundation right through its construction and equipment. The main object of the exhibition is to show the people of this country the foodstuffs and products of the Empire, and obviously there is no better way of illustrating the variety and quality of the foodstuffs than by giving the public an opportunity of eating them. Australia certainly expects that Empire foodstuffs will be served in the restaurants, and it seems inconceivable that the authorities are unwilling to insist on this condition. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. London, Oct. 18. The Times, in a le»ider on catering for the Empire Exhibition, points out the diversity of opinion regarding supplying exclusively Empire products, but says the question arises, owing to the advantage to be gained, whether it would not be worth while, in order to ensure Empire that the caterer should, by special arrangement, be guaranteed against risk of loss. In view of the strong feeling in the Dominions we hope the Exhibition authorities will confer with the Dominions and carefully investigate the possibilities of meeting their wishes before coming to a decision. At any rate it is most important that they should satisfy the Dominions that they have made every effort to give practical effect to the preferential principle.