BETTER FRUIT SHOW

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 51, 24 November 1930, Page 11

BETTER FRUIT SHOW

Canada Outdoes Australia SCULLIN TOURS MARKETS London, November 21, While the ladles’ party enjoyed the beauties of the art gallery, Mr. Seullin and Mr. Brennan braved the pouring rain and toured the Glasgow fruit markets, where they were shown colour schemes of Canadian and Californian labels as a hint to Australia to improve her drab methods. There was no case of Australian truit visible, but as an object lessou they saw perfect Californian grapes packed in cork dust. Merchants pleaded for direct shipments of apples from Australia, and Mr. Seullin promised an Immediate investigation. Butter traders revealed the local prejudice in favour of pale butter, and admitted that the yellowness of Australian butter was wrongly regarded as a sign of rancidness. Mr. Seullin. however, did not promise that Australian dairy herds should become anaemic. Members of the Royal Exchange gave Mr. Scullin a rousing welcome, and cheered to the echo his assurance that Australia would not be found wanting on any due date. New Zealand Meat Popular. Meanwhile the New Zealand Prime Minister, Mr. Forbes, was among the wholesale butchers, where he learned that nothing was wrong with New Zealand meat except that they could not get enough of it. Members of the Dominions Delegation were entertained at a civic lunch eon In the City Hall. Mr. Seullin and Mr. Forbes agreed to consider the greater use of Glasgow as a distribut lug centre.