TRADE WITH WEST OF ENGLAND.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12894, 5 February 1906, Page 7

TRADE WITH WEST OF ENGLAND.

• {FIELD FOR NEW ZEALAND'S PRODUCTS. As a New Zealander, Mr W. G-. Hutehi■son has taken very deep -interest in, the aft'ai?- --.f ttis colony as looked at from the other t-iie of the world. His experience in SouLu Africa, etc., taught him the value of vp'i-us colonising influences, and he has i-... tspeeial regard while in England io ti.. J;s:iibution on the Home markets New Zealand's; products. When interviewed on board the s.s. Soirierset by a

" New Zealand Herald" representative, ] •Mr Hutchison said he came out by the West-of England vessel in order to further study the aspects of the New Zealand trade with Manchester and other West •of England ports. The South. African trade, of course, was a dead failure, but it inaugurated the service from New Zealand to the West of England, which he'considered, if properly worked, would prove a. great boon to the ■ colony in the opening up of markets which New Zealand had not properly touched as yet,- and which had'unlimited power for. consuming the products .of the colony. Of course, it was. quite right the South African trade should be dropped, but itwould be a calamity to New Zealand if the new channels of/.trade ,ppened ■..up by •the Federal Line in the West of England were closed again, and ,he believed the service had not been re-subsidised by the <io yernmient of New Zealand. The service, 3ia£ ibeen; opening up: new markets - and ftreakiug' down a very, severeipbstacle.;that .New^'Z^andv^S/had in:' 'tfc&qvjsty tlie opposition of vested interests an I-ndpn. The new field opened up in the"West of England-was enormous. The Chris;church Meat: Company was making •a ve--r good thing out vo-f the ports .of . Brisf-1 and Cardiff and the. markets affr.jvip : " the south of Wales already. The Pedev"'' Line also served Manchester, pool and Glasgow, and those three places ;were capable of taking an enormous quanof New Zealand butter and cheese. 'A poirt to be emphasised most- strongly was that -vhile Zealand had built tip a reputation for quality, she must maintain thatjenutatidn and be ablei to stand-upon it ih England. ; •■The Argentine had come in |id secured a very strong -hold, and 5t was only .by keying up n standard k? the'very highest qudity that New Zealand wasi-jvgoing to hold its own /and secure its<sluire of the:'trade.'//"His own impres-. eion,. .from careful .inquiry in Manchester oni 1 ■'is-trict. was that the people there iiad a very favourable opinion of New Zealand goods owing to the high, quality of the products hitherto sent ithere. It was ; •admitted that every care was taken in th 6 grading and shipping, of produce,* andßup: 1n that '7 v uut there was ho impypyemerit *» su-g'st; but it was in,-;.ifi'e'v distribution .- Home that the difficulty. 'arose. .