THE MANCHESTER MARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 193, 16 August 1922, Page 12

THE MANCHESTER MARKET.

OPERTNG FOR OTTB PEODUCE. MR. \V. E. LLEWieHLMiPS VTEWS. Tiiat there is a bin- martat yet to be <Weloped in the We.4 of England for primary product? from Xq,w Zealand i<iho view held by Mr. W. X; Lewisham, partner in tbewell known Auckland firm of Robnrteon Bros.. Lt.d. MJ. l.cwi>ha.m roturnod by the Niagara after Hii übswe of six n'wnths. His visit ll..mi' wa« I" conlUH'tion with the pohem<> already initiated fur opening up direct trade between -Manchester via tlio- Ship C unal nnd New Zealand. The visit was made at the invitation of the TrafTord Park people for whom Mrssr-. Robertson Brother.- and Lewisbaju have been appointed representatives for the North 1-land of New Zealand. ••'I tfound. uMancheetpr hu«ine.*.« men ~.r v keen -ahout the development i>t trade with ffew Zealand. The directors of the company in Manchester that has \w\i proje-ct in hand are prominent in commercial and ■ finam'ial circles, men who have been successful in other mat.ters they have undertaken. The chairman of directors. Mr. Marshall Stevens. M.1 , , lor E<vles. was the leading figure in the bhip canal mnvement over 2."i ypars sl'o. It was mainly d\ie to his effort* that the canal scheme was carried to fiH'ces.-. Another very prominent member is Sir D. Drumraond Kraser. one of the -world's leadin? authorities on finance, and who recently spent Imonilis iv tlie I'nited States as repre■fntative appointed by the Allied Governments to organise the Ter Meuleii S'henic of international credit-." PLENTY OF" CAPITAL. ■_■; "The Manchester people van. and are prepared to advance on shipments of onr pToduce up to practically any amount. This means opening up a new market amidst a larpe population. Trial shipments of New Zealand butter sent to Manchester direct sold well. From 'Manchester a population of about half that of Knpland can Ik opened to New Zealand produce. I am satisfied that our butter ■will sell well provided it is sold as New Zealand make and not mixed with other manufactures. The TrafTord Park people are putting our butter on the market under its own name. The butter i? beiny put tip in pound pats at the cool stores. Kach pat has on it the following label "N.Z first grade butter imported to Manchester, and packed in Trafford Park <00l stores.' This is the first time that has been done in England, - l iut has been th" practice in the cool stores at Vancouver for some years past. DANISH BITTER. "TVith regard to the competition of Danish butter T am quite convinced that our first grade make from New Zealand r U on a par with that sent from Denmark. '>" provided it reaches the consumer without . having been mixed at Home. Wholesale * and retail business men in Manchester . all assured mc such ivas the true position. I may add there is an equally big opening for .New Zealand cheese. One centre in the Midlands wants coloured, while an adjacent one requires only white cheese. The Midlands could absorb all the cheese .New Zealand can send. Hitherto New Zealand cheese reached the Midlands through London, which meant the added cost of rail from that centre." I 810 AREA TAPPED. 1 "During my stay in England. , ' said Mr. Lewisliain, ''amongst other centre-vi-ited were Kirminghom. Leicester. Derby and Bradford, and at each place 1 found merchants very partial toward New Zealand butter and cheese. They had become acquainted with our produce, when the Imperial Government he-Id large stix-k* in the cool stores at Trafford 1 Park. One good result has been to break [ down the prejudice against butter inj lioxes. instead of kegs. Danish and | Finnish butter has , hitherto been sent to the Midland markets in kegs. - ' WOOL. Speaking with res-uect to the opening tor woof through Manchester. Mr. Lewisham said the first public auction of free wool was hekl recently in Manchester, and proved very satisfactory. | -Manchester ha<l now taken its place among the centres for auctions of wool | in Krtjrland. Some ronsijnments i»f | New Zealand wool realised satisfactory 1 prices at Manchester, the buyers from Bradford being in attendance. They I were keen on getting wool throueli tlie- | Manchester ship canal, as the distance to carry it by Tail was much shorter than from Hull or London. MARKET FOR MEAT. Tile Tratford Park ]>euple are urgttlii*-' ing well for selling and distributing frozen meat from New Zealand. There is a flourishing market for meat in Manchester. Hitherto most of it has gone to the. i-mithfield market at London. "To my mind." added Mr. Lewisham, "there is a big market to be developed in the district surrounding Manchester for butter, cheese, wool and meat."