THE WOOL TRADE.
J A PAN'« KEQUIKK MEN TS
Mr .J. It. Suitor. Commercial Ag-' cut in the East1 for New South Wales has reported the gist of some remarks made to him in the course of a discussion with Baron Makino, Minister for Agriculture and Commerce in Japan, regarding the wool trade of that country. Baron Makino intimated that experiments in wool .vrowing- in .Japan had proved unsuccessful, and that Australia must be looked,' to for future requirements. During the last five years the ques- j tion "has received much attention. ; sheep being imported from England and'elsewhere in order lo nicer demands locally and introduce, a farming system similar to that of the Old Country. Mr Suttor considers tlvit th«j irreat stumbling block has i ...Mi the a! Pence of natural grasses in Japan. Evidently the project is now to be. abandoned, a step which will be to the advantage of New South Wales' trade. Baron Makino, who is' a gentleman of great standintr and influence in Japan, expressed to Mr Suttor a desire to see a ■Treat and friendly commerce anil reFat ions-hip built up between Japan i and Australia, and intimated that he woukl give all the assistance he 1 could to further this.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5776, 1 March 1912, Page 5
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207THE WOOL TRADE. Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5776, 1 March 1912, Page 5
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