MORE MARKETS FOR PRODUCE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 24 April 1913, Page 5

MORE MARKETS FOR PRODUCE.

OPENING OPPORTUNITIES. "Whilst we are getting good prices for our exports, we ought not to neglect our opportunities to widen our markets," said Mr A. E. Mabin, in his address to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. "Are we doing this ? For instance, Great Britain is our chief market. Have we been too conservative in using London as the chief distributing centre? There are other large ports serving vast populations, in which our products are little known. This year ambassadors from Hull and Bristol have been loud in the protestation that we would be wise to use those ports as distributing centres* and that, our markets would be extended if we utilised the trade avenues, which are available through those ports. Vaajncouver and San Francisco are new markets which are taking some of our produce, and can still take more, and the latter,: after the revision of the U.S.A. tariff, should become still more important. -/We ' would welcome a line of vessels to Japan and the East, as it would provide another outlet for wool and meat which is now obtained from Australia. TRADE WITH HULL. "The general meeting on November 25th, addressed by Mr Austin Wilson, was well attended, and the case for Hull was well put by the speaker. Hull is undoubtedly a great centime, [with good shipping facilities, and there, ap pears to be room for the expansion of an export trade from the great Midland manufacturing districts of Great Bi-itain to New ZealancT through this port; and for wool, meat, butter, and nroduee, to find its .way to the consuming centres from New ealand via HuTT. The shipping companies coast ro".i"T New Zealand, and the idea that HuT! and London could Tbe worked tog-etlior on some such lines as Wellington a^'T Lyttelton, has had some influence **t the chamber asking the shipping .companies to take thjs matter, up. LOCAL INDUSTRIES. "Whilst I have been stressing tnovalue and importance of our exports, I do not wish it to be thought that I under-rate the importance of our industries, manufacturing for local consumption. Our total export of £20,762.----155 is comprised under, the lies dines <i' wool, sheepskins, frozen meat, butter, cheese, tallow, hemp, timber, grain; kauri gum, gold and other New Zealand produce. You will see .that, there is no heading unconnected with the dirwvf-: product of the land. Our industrial manufactures do not count in our a::----ports, but nevertheless we have incfas- ; tries in the Dominion producing frood3< ! which are consumed in the Doim'ruoa-.. s and are of the utmost Talus and fr,.-l : portance in the economy of 'the D-.hnV- ; ion's trade, and I wish no word of miirr. I to be used m deprecation of the efforts i of those wno are bxiilcHng un th» intfrtrial progress of the State.' y C\rZ plause). '~'H