FIFTY YEARS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 122, 25 May 1932, Page 7

FIFTY YEARS.

N.Z. FROZEN MEAT. EXPORT TO BRITAIN. Jubilee cf Arrival of First Ship At London. ROMANCE OF THE INDUSTRY. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (lteceived 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 24. Sir Thomas Wilford, High Commissioner for New Zealand, presiding fit the New Zealand Society luncheon at the Savoy, recalled that to-day is the jubilee of the frozen meat trade. The first cargo of mutton and lamb arrived by the ship Dunedin on May 24, 1882, and New Zealand was now supplying Britain with 10,000,000 sheep and lambs a year. Mr. Walter Runciman, President of the Board of Trade, said Britain was prepared to encourage trade with any country in the world if given a chance, but because the Dominions were giving a greater chance tlian others Britain was going to Ottawa determined to dovetail her interests in the spirit of mutual helpfulness. Sir William Birdwood paid a tribute to New Zealand's magnificent troops in the war. He could not wish to meet better comrades as fighters or finer gentlemen. The guests included the Earl and Countess of Liverpool, Countess Jellicoe, Sir James Mills, Sir Gordon Campbell and Mr. Malcolm Mac Donald, UnderSecretary for the Dominions.