NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21120, 22 March 1934, Page 9

NEW ZEALAND BUTTER

♦ y Competition With Denmark d LETTERS IN BRITISH PAPER g i e (f»C1I OUR O"WV COEP.E3rONDF.ST.) | LONDON, February 13. j '• Mr Erik Schackc, writing under the e heading, "The Butter Muddle and 1 Denmark," quotes figures which [j purport to compare the value of L , Great Britain's export trade to Dent mark with that to New Zealand. - As he takes only the period of nine months (January to September) of ! ~ 1933 he is able to make Denmark's : trade appear much more favourable ' | than if he worked out his figures j ever a longer and more normal i g period. I \ j Mr 11. E. Davis. London manager lof the New Zealand Dairy Proj duce Board, in a letter to the current issue of the "Grocer," gives I figures which arc more enlightening. He says: Here are the actual exports of i produce and manufacture from Great Britain to New Zealand and Denmark during the last six years, for which complete Board of Trade < figures are available:— ! ■

In six years, therefore. New Zea- ■ 1 land, with little more than one- j third ol Denmark's population, has i purchased more than £40,000,000 t more goods from Great Britain. < The average purchases of British ; goods a head of population of the > two countries are even more strik- ; ing. They are:— j £ s. d. New Zealand .. 11 1 6 Denmark .. .. 216 2 j New Zealand's purchases, as I

well as tiie produce she sells in Great Britain arc carried in British ships, built in British shipyards, manned and maintained by British labour. At the present moment there are no less than 100,000 tons of new shipping being built in Great Britain, primarily for the New Zealand trade. On any comparison c>£ the purchases British goods between New Zealand and any foreign country, the extraordinarly favourable light in which New Zealand appears may seem at first sight to be remarkable, but closer examination reveals the British origin of 99 per cent, of our population who have carried with them a very real desire to "Buy British."

Depreciated Currency Another letter, originally in the "Manchester Daily Dispatch," is republished in the "Grocer." In this the writer says: "New Zealand is trading under artificial conditions, and has imposed a 25 per cent, tarili' by depreciating her currency to this extent against our imports. The New Zealand Government was not wari anted in depreciating the currency alter the Ottawa agreement, and is losing very heavily in withdrawals lrom London credits." Window Displays Still another correspondent (Mr oohn Ashley, F.G.1.) writes to the 'Grocer" from Manchester. He savs: 1 would like through your paper to congratulate the grocers of Manchester and Salford on their enthusiasm in this week's window shows of New Zealand butter and cheese. The lavish and artistic way in which they have risen to the occasion has been something of an eye-opener, and has attracted widespread interest. As the song s the talk of the town.' It would not bo fuir for mo to single out any particular display indeed, 1 am thinking the judges will have something to do in arriving at their verdict; the standard of excellence is so high. I am told there were 321 entries—a record number—in the competition held by the New Zealand Dairy Province Board for the best window display.

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