NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 32

NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

SUCCESS OF TRIAL SHIPMENT.

AUCKLAND, July 22. “I notice a wonderful growing popularity in England in favour of New Zealand produce,” said Mr J. B. Merritt, who arrived by the Corinthic from England. Mr Merritt went to England to supervise the trial shipment of New Zealand eggs, and to establish, if possible, a regular m&rket in London for this product. “There is no limit,” he said, "to our possibilities in regard to eggs on the London market. I noticed a tremendous change in favour of New Zealand produce, yet was astonished at the absolute ignorance of so many people in regard to the affinity of England and the dominions. People who were informed of the extent and resources of the dominions expressed both astonishment and gratification. They only need education regarding our proproducts to accept willingly all the stuff we can send to them. “The quantity of deterioration in our eggs in cool storage on the way home was negligible. Several large buyers asked me to give them preference in future shipments. One buyer, a restaurant keeper, used all he could get—2ooo—in a couple of hours. No less than £13,000,000 worth of eggs are imported in England every year from 42 countries. We could get almost the whole market if we could supply the goods. Over 1,000,000 eggs went Home in the trial shipments. “The chief factor in the success of the experiment,” says Mr Merritt, was grading, which more than compensated for the slight deterioration in quality suffered on the long voyage, but this deterioration was confined only to slight evaporation. In some instances New Zealand eggs brought from one penny to twopence a dozen more than English eggs a week old."