MEAT RATIONING

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24980, 14 September 1946, Page 6

MEAT RATIONING

—♦— PRESENT KILLINGS FOR EXPORT

MINISTER REPLIES TO CORRESPONDENT -

“The New Zealand Refrigerating Company, Canterbury Frozen Meat Company, apd Thos. Borthwick and Sops (Australasia), Ltd., are actually killing mutton for export at the present time and are prepared to accept any further quantities at export schedule prices which may become available,” said the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, Minister of Supply, In reply to a letter to the editor of “The Press.” writer of the letter, “Rdmney,” alleged that the Minister had been wrongly advised, in that no freezing works were buyers for the export trade at present. "As stated in your issue of August 31. freezing works buyers are prepared to take any supply of fat ewes pt schedule rates of 5d per lb, but the market has not yst fallen to export parity as prices recently quoted have b SS n u*?L th .’.- vicinl ty °t «d Per lb," ad ded the Minister. from the correspondent, Rojpney.’’ was as follows:The Minister of Supply says, “ re jt ly x t? ’py letter on meat rationing, that he is assured that the freezing works are buying, during the off season, mutton for the export trade; i.e., after retail demands are filled. Let me assure the Minister, however, that he has been wrongly advised. No freezing works are buying for the export trade. Let the Minister kindly name them if he so thinks. The only freezing works open to-day for mutton are operating practically as an abbatoir for the retail trade; and when a jls is supplied, buying ceases (see Addington reports). Mutton is cheaper to-day than four months ago, when it was bought at schedule. I maintain, despite the Minister’s reply, that the rationing of mutton is a force; for I Interviewed auctioneers and to-day for thS eipkt