RABBBIT EXPORT TRADE.
COXSIUiaUBJ.Ii rarItOVEMENT NEEDED. [Press Association.] DUNEDIN, Juno 18. In the course of an interview to-day Mr. AV. J. Tonkin, who has just returned from a visit to England, informed a reporter that unless there was a marked improvement in the. quality of tho rabbits, tlio export trade was practically on its last legs. There was increasing demand for rnbbits at Home, but those sent from Australia were in much better demand than those from the Dominion, because tho former received more careful handling prior to export, and had better appearance on arrival in England. Mr. Tonkin thinks a good export business in apples could be dono with London and South American markets.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2221, 19 June 1908, Page 3
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115RABBBIT EXPORT TRADE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2221, 19 June 1908, Page 3
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