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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 304, 20 December 1912, Page 8

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i new ZEALAND'S deficH-nC- ' AT HOME. (By Telegr-ph. —Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, th s day. Like many other patriotic New Zealanders, Mr". Thos. Cole. ex-Mayor ol Dunedin. took srre-at pains during a trip around the world to find out how the Dominion's products fare in the big markets. He informed your representative on his return that on the Pacific Coast he found, with pleasure, that the arrival of the Marama. from New Zealand with a consignment of frozen mutton and butter lasx April was j being anxiously awaited. "They regard our "produce as grand stuff.'" said Mr. Cole. "I got in touch with the butchers, who told mc they were well pleased with the quality, bu? 1 noticed tint our meat I sets to the Vancouver market in a I rather dirty -tale, the calico covens being I torn. There is careless handling somei where. 1 went through the great Engj l:sh meat market of -mithneld. when 1 _ot to England, and saw that the hand- I : ling is better there. They showed mc I ' how the carcases are cut up with a | bandsaw, making _ beautifully clean ! cut. which gives the meat a good ag--1 pearance. There is splendid scope for • ] our products, but we do not advertise I them enou_h. Some New Zealanders. 1 j • find, make a regular practice of sending ' I Home a lamb as a Christmas present for | ! their friends. It is as easy to do that j as to order a leg of mutton from your I local butcher: in fact, it can be done I : through his agency, and that sort of I thing- helps to popularise our meat. But the great thing is to do more adver- ' rising. Canada. Australia, and the Argentine not only have officers in London, they hate shops for the delivery of their natural products, and the distribu- | . tion of gratuitous information about] their country's attractions. There is: plenty of competition for emigrants, and we should do more to get our share of the stream." It struck Mr. Cole as singular that, with all that is being nrg»d as to the need for immigrants here, there are ■ 13.000 New ZeaJander, in Sydney tc-diy. New South Wales also offers more ad- | vantages to the artisan, says .he Dunedinite. but New Zealand is far and j away the best place for the man who will go on the land. In drawing immigrants from the 01-d Country, he suggests that the cities should be left severely alone. There are any amount of good prospective colonists to be got by judicious working of the country district-. Mr. Cole found himself frequently called on for advice as to emigration. He noted the improvement in conditions of living among the masses in the Old Country, but adds that there is. still plenty of room for impros ement. The rich seem to be richer and the poor in many cases poorer. The lot of many lo.w-paid workers is so utterly monotonous and hopeless that th_y seem to turn only to drink __ _. relief.