TRADE WITH ANTWERP
BELGIANS WANT NEW ZEALAND MEAT. DIRECT SHIPPING NEEDED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, June 20. (Received June 20, 9.30 p.m.) Sir James Allen, as a result of his Belgian visit, is impressed with the importance of a direct shipping service from New Zealand to Antwerp. He hoped the Belgians' present disposition to buy mutton would be extended later to lamb. Antwerp had already erected cold storage in anticipation of the trade. Argentina at present was competing successfully, but direct trade with New Zealand would probably become supreme. Sir James Allen, referring to his visit to Belgium, said he had inspected the increased cold storage shipping accommodation. at Antwerp, which was out-distancing Rotterdam as the chief port of the European mainland. The Belgians, in return for taking more New Zealand meat and butter, wanted New Zealand to take more European goods. He said that New Zealand had a tariff against countries with depreciated currency, and any change of policy was a matter for the New Zealand Government.
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Southland Times, Issue 19276, 21 June 1924, Page 5
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173TRADE WITH ANTWERP Southland Times, Issue 19276, 21 June 1924, Page 5
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