TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1135, 30 December 1901, Page 2

TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

TO THE EDITOR Sir,—At the last meeting of the Waikato Farmers’ Glut) at Cambridge the cjpteusaion turned on meat supply for south Africa. From the remaiks of the meeting 1 do not think the right note /vsis struck. We have tried times to he our own frozen meat, cheese, and butter, and is every instance we have mot with disastrous failures. There has only been success where the distributing eeotr| was the cent to of a company. As-the report of the company on; rating in Sou'lir Africa shows a substantial profit I think steps should be taketr to induce, them \o start slaughtering and fiee/.ing'.iii JS r few Zealand. The present conlpauy n Auckland is not fulfilling our anticipations, iu fact is at present a very plain disappointment, and unless they can open up'gome better market than at present faT'fners '%st look out for a company with w|ser vffws and greater enterprise. It w o'aild -_|,a much better to enter into an agreement with the present South African company, who | are established in’ business, than to staffc- || another company iu opposition. I think’.- '***. the Waikato’ Farmers’ Club ft;oulc| be quite justified iu going to the expense of a short cable to the established company, - enquiring on the matter, in any case correspondents should be opened up at i once.—l am, etc., ■Samvel Steele.