TINNED BEEF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18955, 4 March 1936, Page 8

TINNED BEEF

MARKET IN JAPAN REPLACEMENT OB! PISH • The prospects for a good market in Japan for New Zealand - tinned beef are considered bright by Mr. Y. Yoneda, managing-director of the Yamashita Kisen Kaisha shipping line, who arrived in Wellington by the Monowai, accompanied by Mr. M. Suzuki, who is also connected with the company. " "There should be a good market in Japan for New Zealand beef —not fresh beef, but corned beef in tins', and not small tins', but large tins/' said Mr. Yoneda. He admitted that he was not very keen on meat himself, but that his children preferred it to the fish diet, which had been customary in Japan for Hundreds' of years. Such ■ was Che general state of Japan, which was' turning to the meat diet.

Another thing which Mr. Ypncda considered to bo important to NewZealand was that the increasing" use of European clothes in Japan had led to the greatly-increased use of wool for matprial. He was confident that the quality of goods manufactured in Japan now would give much, oett.er satisfaction in New 1 Zealand,' a? Japanese Government had taken stringent measures "to'prevent the production of shoddy articles. There .was also the rising standard in' the domestic demand, which, in turn, was leading to better quality, ttfecause the articles had to' bo manufactured to satisfy the home consumption. Sir. Yoneda" visited "New Zealand last year in the interests of a direct shipping lino between Japan and New Zealand. This time he has come to try to increase the trade between the two countries. His ffrs't ship had a full cargo, and ins second, which arrived on Monday, will he practically full. So far the cargoes haye consisted of wooh' hides and casein. Japan is also importing a-' fair' quantity of dried milk from the'TJominlph.