MARKET FOR PRODUCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVI, Issue 10685, 31 December 1925, Page 5

MARKET FOR PRODUCE.

THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. A RAILWAY MISSION. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day A visitor to Christchureh is Mr J. E Kitching, of the London and NorthEastern Railway, England, who is visiting New Zealand and Australia to report on the possibility of developing trade between the Dominions and, the ports on the East Coast of England served by the company, the main ones being Hull and Newcastle. "The London and North - Eastern Railway is one of the principal factors in handling the foodstuffs of England, said Mr Kitching. "Over 50 per cent, of the Home-grown and imported ioodBtuffß consumed in Great Britain pass through the docks or over the rails oi the company. What we feel is that there is a big market m the north of England to be exploited by Isew Zealand for her primary products. Uui whole proposition is that it is more economical from many points of view to sret the consumer through the nearest port. What we feel is that if New Zealand wishes to send its products to the north of England, the "est way to do it is through places like Hull and Newcastle, where facilities exist for the distribution of such products. Hie port of Hull is the economic port oi entry to a population of 12,000,000 consumers. . . . - Mr Kitchen is following the mission of Mr Austin Wilson, who was hero last year. _______