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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3067, 12 March 1892, Page 2

We should say, that the letter penned by Mr H. Reynolds, managing director of the firm of Reynolds and Co., which appeared in a late issue, was read with very great pleasure by the majority of Waikato residents. It has been pretty generally recognised that in tho successful development of the frozen meat trade and dairy industries lies our principal hope for the future of the colony. In this direction, difficulties both numerous and formidable have beon met with, but to the colony's credit, be it said, they have been overcome, not by State codling but by the indomitable pluck and enterprise of private companies, not a small share of which may be credited to the li go-a-head " firm of Reynolds and Co. As Mr Reynolds very truly says, prejudices have yet to

be overcome, but this obstacle though formidable in the past is fast disappearing. " Good wine neods no bush," and the excellency of otir Now Zealand products is fast breaking down , all barriers, whether of prejudice on ' tho part of the consumer or the power* ful vested interests of old established competitors. When a prudent man of business like Mr Reynolds who is usually rather cautious in his statements declares that the unanimous verdict from everyone who samples the goods, is that New Zealand mutton is quite equal, if not superior to English and that " Anchor Brand" butter is perfection in flavour and keeping qualities. Again, he says, " the time is not far distant when New Zealand mutton will bring as high a price as English and New Zealand butter be selling as high as the best Danish." This is welcome news indeed and Dowhere will the benefit of such an altered and improved state of affairs be more appreciably felt, than in Waikato. This district is already turning out a large and ever increasing quantity of dairy produce, while the frozen meat trade, though with us in its infancy, is of late engaging a considerable amount of attention. Our flocks are multiplying at a great rate and with the certainty of payable prices, combined with good management at the other end, we may rest assured that Waikato farmers will at no distant date, require a very much larger space for the export ot their surplus produce, than was at one time even hoped for.