Mr Bellringer's Misstatements, TO THE EDITOR

Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 11

Mr Bellringer's Misstatements, TO THE EDITOR

Siß.-rl was struck, by the very misleadingT statements appearing in your locals of Saturday on the authority of a Mr Bellringer, from. New Plymouth, who had recently visited London. 1 He states that "he was particularly struck with the absence of anything in tha Agent-general's office to indicate the products of the -colony. At the Imperial , Institute v too, he was much surprised to find that tha New Zealand exhibits .were relegated to a space about 10ft square, and consisted of a* small sample of flax, a- few pieces of wood, and a bundle of wool. He saw nothing that indicated that any steps were being taken to push the colony on." It would be difficult to compress in so small a space so much that is unreliable. There is much in the Agent-general's office to indicate the industries of New Zealand, and, in. addition to that, the Agent-general (Mir Reeves) and our energetic produce commissioner (Mr "BT. C. Cameron) are "ever ready with ample information to enlighten any person who wishes to obtain a knowledge of our products. Mr Bellringer's remarks regarding the Imperial Institute display are sheer nonsense. Instead of there being only a space 10ft square — equal to 100 square feefc^ of surface, — the space must be twenty or thirty times that size. The exhibits comprise a> -great glass case -of our wool samples, a large collection of -huge specimens of our timbers, excellently and artistically arranged. Samples of pur tinned meats, minerals, Maori carvings (some, very choice specimens lent By Sir Walter Buller), and a splendid collection of some of Burton Bros.' excellent views, 'of" 'New .Zealand scenery (it is admitted by experts that more finely-executed views have never been exhibited in London) : then there are native mats, weapons, Maori figures, etc.. and botanical and geological specimens. I admit that there is ample room, in London for the better display of our New Zealand products, but whilst that is so we> must not permit such reflections as. Mr Bellringer has made to pass unnoticed. Mr Bellringer may not have quite understood where to find out most regarding our New Zealand representation. Upon several occasions New Zealanders have called at my office in London," and expressed surprise that there was no indication of New Zealand produce in my office. I had to briefly explain tp them the London methods of trade — that certain stores were' erected for the reception of certain, goods ; that if meat had to be sold Smithfield was the market ; if avoo], the Wool Exchange, Coleman street; or grain, Corn Exchange, Mark lane, etc. ; and that samples are hardly ever keptv|qr show". , There is, as I have said, room for improvement, but ■"we must' not dejcry everything that is being done. — I am, etc., : Mackenzie. Allan Grange, Kaikorai, November 19.

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