WELLINGTON MEAT PRICES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 3

WELLINGTON MEAT PRICES.

. the outlook. . . Although :it is impossible to forecast , the : future;'with any "certainty, it. would appear likely that''the,present inc/ease in the local, prices if brought into operation, may not be .of long continuance.' The 'increaso is attributable, in part, to the former shortage of : really fat ■ stock caused "by f the drought, and tcr'ths, high t prices obtainable abroad. There is, however, now an abundance of feed ■ everywhere,* and reports indicate that stock is •' well. . .The dryness of the present ' weather, is;.in favour of mutton and lamb, which'fatten best when the. animals have ' dry fleeces, and while this weather continues there be.'ho lack.of fait stock coming" • ; But against this, prospect operates ; the\ improving ..demand' abroad,,, and it - is stated'that farmers who consigned their own . meat 'to Britain this year have,mode .money . oh 'it.;. 'The.. Exhibition' in London is likely . greatly/to 'increase the,demand for.-Now. Zea-' land lamb. Lamb "(from Jiny sourco) is .one' of the most prevalent dishes on the tables of London Testaurants, and it is at the restaurants; and, hotels that Britain's'thousands of Exhibition visitors ."'will'- chiefly, feed;, On .! the whole, therefore,..the prospect of cheaper ■.meat locally is greatly,, qualified by the pro- .' spect of; a.brisker demand'abroad..-. ~