Story: Overseas trade policy

David Jones

David Jones in white tie.

David Jones was appointed the first chair of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board in 1922, and held the position until 1935. The board, given wide powers over the New Zealand meat export industry, worked to increase access to the UK. In 1923 it opened a London office.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Reference: Dai Hayward, Golden jubilee: the story of the first fifty years of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board. Wellington: Universal Printers, 1972

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Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, 'Overseas trade policy - Early trade – 1840s to 1920s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/21973/david-jones (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Chris Nixon and John Yeabsley, published 11 Mar 2010