SELLING EMPIRE GOODS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 17 March 1926, Page 9

SELLING EMPIRE GOODS.

Improvement In Demand.

RETAIL SALES MORE PRONOUNCED. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright “Tho Times.” (Received March 16, 7.15 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. The steady improvement in the demand for Dominions ptoduce, is encouraging big London shops to give prominence to Empire goods. South African grapes are selling readily at Is to 2s 3d per lb. New Zealand butter and honey have definitely established their position, likewise Australian and South African jams and dried fruits.

The Women's Unionist organisation is responsible for selling five thousand half-guiifea boxes of a variety of samples of Empire products. Several London stores report that sales of Empire foodstuffs quadrupled during the year, and provincial grocers nro also increasingly stocking thorn.

MARKETING EMPIRE PRODUCTS. IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSALS. Hy Cable—Press Association—Copyrlfht. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received March 16, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. In the llou.so of Commons, Colonel Amery informed Sir Homy Brittain that when the selling arrangements had been considered in connection with the scheme for marketing Empire produce, the provision of a special market for Dominion fruit in the new Covont Garden would no doubt be considered, but the interests of home producers must also be considered.