EMPIRE FOOD FLEET
NEW ZEALAND CHEESE
TOASTED BY LORD MAYOR
CEREMONY IN LONDON
United Tress Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 19th November, 10 a.m.) LONDON, 18th November. The Lord Mayor, Sir Maurice Jenks, as Admiral of the Port of London, accompanied by Sheriffs, drove in a State coach, drawn by four bays, lo the wharf to welcome the arrival of the Somerset's 40,000 cases of New Zealand cheese. A fanfare of trumpets greeted his arrival, and he was piped aboard the cheeseladen barge, on which the High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Wilford, welcomed him. Toasting the New Zealand cheese industry at a subsequent luncheon, Sir Maurice Jenks said that the Somerset heralded the arrival of the Empire Food Armada. He hoped that Britain would concentrate on Empire food, enabling a reciprocation by British ships laden to the Plimsoll with British goods to the Dominions. Sir Thomas Wilford, responding, said that he believed this was the psychological moment to introduce a lasting system of inter-Imperial trade. He urged the public not to listen to nonsense talked about Empire countries exploiting Britain by raising prices. | The actual dairy cargo of the Somerset as she left New Zealand was 56,800 boxes of butter and 17,000 crates of cheese. ________———
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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203EMPIRE FOOD FLEET Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 122, 19 November 1931, Page 13
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