DOMINION’S APPLES

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 27 March 1928, Page 5

DOMINION’S APPLES

GROWTH OF TRADE.

EXPORTS TO BRITAIN. DOUBLED IN ONE YEAR. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT. Received 10.10 a.m.. to-day. LONDON, March -26. *‘New Zealand’s astounding progress in dairy exports should 'shortly be paralleled by her apple exports, which in 1928 -will double those of 1927,” said ; the Bit. Hon. L. C. M. S. Amery, Secretary for State for the Dominions, when opening an exhibition of fruit at the New Zealand offices. “This is tvpical of the enterprise and efficiency with which , the New Zealand Government and producers entered the Empire trade. Britain is endeavouring to cooperate through the Empire Marketing Board, in urging Britons to buy more of the Dominion’s produce.. This is not onlv an appeal to sentiment, it will react on British exports.*’ Mr Amery pointed out that every New Zealander purchased thirty times * more British goods than the average American.

Mr Amery was photographed eating an apple from baskets representing the first fruits of the season, with which he was presented bv girls wearing blue sashes, bearing the Fame of the provinces. Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Nelson and Otagio. ■ *•

><V . . EMPIRE MARKET WANTED

FRUIT BOARD IS SLOGAN Received 10.35, a.m. to-day. LONDON, March 26. Sir James Parr remarked that 60 per cent., of Britain’s fruit imports were foreign. He hoped that Mr Amery would * co-operate with the Dominions in their effort to secure ithe whole of the market. Canada supplying one part of the year, and South Africa, Australia and New Zealand the other part. If. New Zealand were enabled to secure a riiarket at a reasonable place, it would double the area of orchards in the near future. • - \ Mr Stephens, chairman of the fruit board said that, the slogan whs ‘“sound fruit at reasonable price and continuity of shipments.” ' 1 LATEST LONDON QUOTATIONS. Received 11 a.m. to-day. LONDON. March. 26. The Tainui’fi. New Zealand apples wen? sold a.t the following rateis :—Worcesters and Dunns 16s to 17s; Alfrxstons 14 s to 16s; Gravensteins, 13s to 15®; Cox’s Orange, 22s 6d to 27s 6d.