TRADE WITH BELGIUM.
NEW ZEALAND’S OPPORTUNITY. MARKET FOR MUTTON AND LAMB 4Y CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHI . LONDON, June 19. The High Commissioner for New Zealand '(Sir James Allen) as a. result of his Belgian visit, is impressed with the importance of a direct shipping service from New Zealand to Antwerp. He hoped the Belgians’ present disposition to buy mutton would be extended later to lamb. Antwerp bad already erected cold storage accommodation in anticipation of trade. Argentina V; present was competing successfully, but direct trade with New Zealand would probably become supreme. Sir James Allen adds that he inspected the increased ■ cold storage and shipping accommodation at Antwerp, which was out-distancing Rotterdam as the chief port of the European mainland. The Belgians, in return for their taking moire New Zealand meat and butter, wanted New Zealand to take more European goods. He pointed out' that the New Zealand tariff was against countries with a depreciated currency, and any change of policy was a matter for the New Zealand Government.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 June 1924, Page 5
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