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■ • ' LET WELL ALONE. SELLING OUR GOODS. W.A. AGENT-GENERAL OFFERS ADVICE. (PSZSS ASBOCUTIOS TKJWBA*.) '. AUCKLAND, September 14. Xew Zealand would do well to consider before changing its present method of marketing produce in Great Britain throngh established channels of distribution, is the opinion of Sir James Connolly, until recently AgentGeneral for West Australia in London. , Sir James Connolly is a passenger by the Niagara, and is returning to Australia to attend to business matters before going back to London to en-age in business. Sir James said the preaent was an excellent time to make the most of the market in the United Kingdom, for there was a very favourable atmosphere in England for Australian and Now Zealand trade. The people of the Mother Country were beginning to appreciate the worth of the Dominions to them. He was sure we would never get preference on foodstuffs, as any taxation ' on food was more than any Government conld stand. Such taxation would antagonise the Labour people and would be used hy certain political sections. There was now a very strong movement in favour of the use of Empire products, and he thought more could be done in this way to find a ' market fop our goods than in any t other way.-

~ z -=& Meat Board is Wise. ~ He instanced the methods of the New Zealand Meat Board, which, to his mind, was adopting a very wise and jommon-seflse policy in making use of existing channels of distribution. The marketing organisations had been in operation for very many years, and had a vast clientele, and the Board was making use of them, at the same time exercising close oversight to see that the best service was given. If an attempt was made io interfere with the existing arrangements, these firms would devote their energies to selling Danish dairy produce and foreign meat, to keep their business going. While making it clear that he was only expressing his own opinion, and not desiring to criticise the policy of the Dairy Produce Control Board. &ir James said the Board would be well advised to follow the lines adopted in the marketing of Australian produce during the part two years with much success. If New Zealand went to the extreme limit, and commandeered all butter and cheese, and sold through an independent organisation, he would say, on his six years of experience in London, that it would be doing a great injury, and would create far-reaching had effects on the Dominion's markets.

ggp:••■-:. Bisks of Change. ! He congratulated New Zealand on the eminent position she had attained with -, her lamb and butter and cheese. —a position she was entitled to bv reason; of her wise system of grading and classing the export goods. All that was-necessary to hold the trade was-to-continue along these lines, and use the organisations that to distribute the products to the most remote parts of the country. We too ofton'thought that Australia and New Zealand were the : sole suppliers of theses commodities to.Great Britain, but,'.as a matter of fact, .we furnished but'a very* small proportion in comparison to' other countries. It had to be remembered; that there was decided

prejudice in favour of Danish butter " jtnd..l)a6on ,'in Great • Britain, and, ' should < London firms ,he compelled by reason of ,any action on the part of the DairyTCottttol Board on • the selling of the Danish article, New Zealand would find its market very seriouslycurtailed.

GERMAN TRADE CRISIS. \- GBEATINCREASE IN BANK- .';> '$ RUPTCEES; "■ ' (BT CASU—SUSB ASSOCIATION—COPTEIOHT.) (AUmUUAIt AHD HJS. CABL*; ASSOCIATION.) (Received- September 14th, 7.20p.ia.) ' ' r ' : BEKLIN, September 13. - Tho; crisis in industrial Germany is evidenced by the fact that whereas bankruptciea in 1923, there-weres6o3B in 1924 and 4324 in the firefc half of 1825. There werp 797 bankruptcies in July, being,at the rate of 9564 per annum. Thes6; ; are apart from, arms under . Court supervision, owing to financial troubles. ' Textile, automobile, and machinebuilding firms are badly hit. goods. SELLING CAMPAIGN IN ENGLAND (gi.uia-Fun Assocunoir—corausiT.) ./'XwroWS'S TSLBOaAMSO f"'" LONDON, September 13. British shopkeepers and traders ■who have extensively ordered Empire produce eta*«fth«Si r they are disturbed = by the reponSed pitp of American and Continental comjb-lßies to launch a big selling can\raagn in Britain directed agaiast^ipLc'e -foodstuffs, as soon as " Wemhley'closes. .be. designed to. regain the. marketsl won by the Dominions through the medium of the exhibition. -._..... ~•_ ~.■ The -manager of the provision department of a leading West End house declared, that. if_ Dominion produce suffered heavily through American competition the near future the fault would lie entirely with'the Dominions. Their position would have been unas- ' sailable now if they had advertised extensively from the opening of the ext hibition. Instead of that, they were relying wholly on the Home wholesalers and .retailers. ■ SALVAGE SALE. (rasas AssocUnoff teusojux.) AUCKLAND, September 14. At the Kent calvage sale, high prices ■were paid for 'gabardines, dress material*, lace curtains .*nd sheeting, while crockery went, cheaply. - Three large cases of reels of cotton brought over £ls a case. A motorcar in a sorry condition realised £25. « .... 'i > 9 , A SYDNEY WOOL SALES. *■» MX. CASLS ASSOCUTICS.) fcyt/mbet Htb, 11.0 p.m.) •>, MOKEY, September H. ft"* to '-the *>e»t rates last *•*» w «£ skirtings show m*<Wo soid at 27|d.