COLONIAL PRODUCE.
■©■ I SALES IN LONDON. . MR THOMAS MACKENZIE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. , [Per Press Association*.] .. DUNEDIN, Feb. .11. Mr Thomas Mackenzie, M.H.R., addressed a- meeting of representatives of the farming class in the Lawrence Town Hall on Saturday night (Mr Bennettj member for Tuapeka, presiding) on the evils which he had found connected with the handling of colonial produce on the London, markets. He also referred to the prejudice which he had foun.d to exist against the consumption of our frozen mutton, and described the method he had adopted to break it down. He advocated several reforms, including a system, of careful and reliable grading, and that; failing insurance companies - '.doing 'their duty, the Government should estaV lisb. a State.lnsurance Department in. connection with the shipment of our produce, and provide in the, policy that a certain man, who should be named in the policy, should havo ilia assessment, and that his decision should be find!. Mr Mackenzie was accorded a hearty voie of thanks for his address.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CV, Issue 12423, 12 February 1901, Page 2
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