CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA.

Thames Star, Volume XXXX, Issue 10502, 25 November 1902, Page 4

CANADA AND SOUTH AFRICA.

According to a cable message, in a recent it sue of this paper the Boer agricultural delegates, who. have now sailed for Australia, have been much impressed during their tour of Canada by the great possibilities of the Dominion's trade wit'hi South Africa. As a matter of facts this lias already commenced under the most favourable au-pices. The first boat of the. new line between Montreal and Halifax and iS'onth African ports sailed on the 20th of last month with a full ■cargo, and all the cargo space on the next vessel, which was to mnnediateVy .follow, had then been booked. Tl.e cargo included large shipments of flour, one company alone sending ton , thousand sacks, while there were large 'quantities of furniture, boots, ' and shoes, and lumber. With regard to furniture, it appears that Canadian manufacturers look forward.to a big trade, and one firm last month" received two orders which covered over .£4OOO worth of goods. It is believed, however,, .that the Dominion's besttrade will, be canned beans, peas. , foams, "potted meat-, and all kinds of tinned stuffs. Her cheese is already in the market remarks one correspon- ! dent, but by no means to. as great an extent as it shou'd be. "As thi* , article is manufactured in Canada in ' very large quantities, and its quality is of the finest, it should not be long in taking a firm grip of the market." It is gratifying to see success thus early attending ' another effort to link the Empire together, and make it internally independent of outside na.tidns, but New Zea'iinders will feel some natural regrets thai this colony throughi the muddling- of the Government, is not getting its share of the South African market. It w'll 1 be hard work to get into 1 a market already held by Canada and Australia. The new line, which i= being run by a, combination cf t'h.ree companies and subsidised to the extent of £30,000 a year by the Canadian Government promises to pay hand-omely, and al--veady New York °h,ippers< who were disposal 1 tq be vcrv facetious w'licn the proposal, was first -mooted are, beginning to wonder' whether they did not laugh. ■ too soon.