THE MEAT TRADE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CII, Issue 15633, 16 April 1915, Page 3

THE MEAT TRADE.

j ♦ i DISASTROUS PROSPECTS. KOR SHEEP OWN'EPS. i . _ J (Per Press Association.) | CHRI-TCHURCH. April l.">. A serious position has ..risen in the South I-a nd in conno-lion with the ' shortage of insu'ated space, ami it is irohab'e that at an early date a. meet- . mi; will be lic\! in C-itristt-lmrci; ;o d;s----j cuss the matr-v The ioilowiiw eireu- , lar which has b-en issued l>y the Cl-rist-I eioii.b Mevvi Coir;i.i;iv indicates the ] difficulties that have arisen: •AW have to advise that cm- allocation oi scace from the n-1 rolling insulated •T-eiedir is just to hand. The al'iK-ation video we have lecei-.ed of only 52.000 irei_dit cat eases to the end of Maw to .-.t,v our five factories in Merlboi-oiitth. C antei bury and Oia-_'■!. ojv ns v\: su.-b a disastrous 1-0.-|i.ht ;oi- all inter.--.-.- Ed in stock, j thai we thbik it riyht thai you "-hoitM I a. the no>sihle .iiotneui be ae- | .-I'taint-.-d v.-i-h the po.-ition. AM xur various works : ,-e now > raciic dly full and the relief :'fford--d v I'd only permit ! of a rota-' of from l(i:'),flt«) io' h'O.OIKi i-arr-ases of lamb 'h-luii sl.-iotduerod at our work's, or an average of say fX'.O-lO to tlo.'ifi;! ai each factorv between now and the end of May. In vlow <i the present deplorable s-.aie ' f feed tbroiedionT the South Isl.ind >-. e r.-tim-a'e that in order to -ilford ai'iQ'eate relief to i;riiiv»i s sot'n.-ien' slui-inent shonld be provided i ■> c-inl.'e us in slaughter ?' lea>i month of ATav. L is r--ident. thereih.ii- nn'es- these -v'e.o :re in. con. t'-ol can be coi:'-inwl r.r tue <'. isis with which we iu the >.uith T-lii'id r-r threatened the imbisuv v.iU b.» brought :•-] an alieos: r-omi-'ote statulsti'l for the next sever, weeks.'" THE I'BIME :-HNISIER. SUGGESTS NO IMPROVEMENT. TILL THE END OK MAYWELLINGTON. Airil 1.". Speakine; to a Bressman on the sub jec-t- of sliipjiinir space for r.-.cat. Mi Slassey .said a more satisiactory feelinti was now pro\ ailine. on a.'count ol llu iae; that- troin th<> end of .May then will be seMit o".l from Ne.y Zealand ; numbei- of ship-- whi'.-h. \il' graduaiiv reduce ihe congestion iv. the iiee/.iiH stores. -We Icive done little to re lieve tlie pros-cre in t'ne fice/.iin stores, and nl the ])i'esent laoinent tin qua'.itily in store is .-o-.fti-'i -at- to euabh is to til! seventeen diseJ.av.ed rhip straight away. On the i'-i'ii Marcl last the-e were 1.7-11.007 i-a; cases ii store. 'l'hat number uas ltd been do creased and the position w\\\ not hi materially improved during Aiav, hit' as far as ] van .indite a onsiderahli j improvement v.i!'- iahe phn ein .Tune j]am in communication l- . 7 Mi the Boavt of Trade- on t'-e suhieer, I -Everv day."" added Mr Massoy "everythintr possi'de is don" t< ••e| our meat away, ml -o to ie! ; ev< the prissu'e thai exists in the yeiiou; i'ree/.'"<r wo'-ks. T";> to the vrrsent thi V..-.- /-vdan-I Gove'-|i ■•< tut hi* paid 01 ei j -07-"vi.fM"K) 10 r-xportevs o p meat on be i half of the Tnvpo-rhil Gorer: n ei.t."'