NEW ZEALAND ENVOYS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19882, 28 February 1928, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND ENVOYS.

DAIRY PRODUCE AND FRUIT. TWO ARRIVE IN LONDON. [from our own correspondent.] LONDON, Jan. 19. During the past week or two new London representatives for the Dairy Producers' Board and for the Fruit Export Control Board have arrived in London and have taken up their new duties. Mr. H. E. Stephens, of the Fruit Board, came by the Corinthic, arriving on January 9. He has been making the acquaintance of the Covent Garden merchants during the past week, and has reopened the office of the board, which is in a convenient position a few doors from the High Commissioner's office and very hanriv to Covent Garden. In a week's time Mr. Stephens will be visiting Southampton. Mr. H. E. Davis, of the Dairy Produce Board, tias now had a fortnight in office. His task will not be an enviable one for some time to come. Only those who havr come to London for the first time to do business have any idea of how overwhelming it. can be. The effect is not unlike being set down in a foreign city without a knowledge of the language. Mr. Davis, having no previous knowledge of the dairy trade, will find it exceedingly embarrassing, for Tooley Street and all it stands for is a commercial sea with currents, cross-currents, winds and counter-winds, which even the most experienced man never quite understands. No doubt he will feel his way quietly, and if the board in New Zealand is wise it will give him plenty of time to get to understand the human element of the market. It was this ignorance of human nature as applied to the trade which brought about the tragedy of last year.