TRADE IN DUNEDIN.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 171, 25 August 1914, Page 8

TRADE IN DUNEDIN.

BUTCHERS' REQUISITES. Press AssociationDUNEDIN, August 25. The leading master butchers state that there is'no immediate necessity for any increase in the price of meat. Present conditions will certainly affect the trade, but not to such an extent as to warrant a call upon the public. Owing to the war in Europe the exportation of hides, sheepskins, tallow, and casings for sausages is remarkably limited, but these by-products are not wasted, and can be stored until trade becomes normal. Hides will suffer a slight deterioration. Representative tradesmen, however, admit that mercantile men, in common with the public, will have to accept temporary inconvenience. Some small butchers may find difficulty in doing without the sales of hides, etc., but trade generally should be able to stand the present . dislocation. Regarding other lines in the trade there has been no attempt at exploitation. Merchants say the spirit of trade .is more fairminded than was the case during the Boer War.