CHEAP MEAT.
BEEF AND MUTTON SOLD AT AUCTION. Many people contend that meat is dearer than it should bo in New/Zealand. It is disheartening to the houscwifo, who has with tho assistance of a thin purse to provido her lord (and, sometimes, her master) and anyone else who might bo about tho premises with thcii I daily meat; with sirloin of - beef at 7d. per lb. arid rump steak at anything up ,to 10(1. per lb. | It is straining the resources overmuch to think of such prime cuts. •But even if she cannot manage such delicacies, the price of secondary joints, such as the homely "colonial gooso" (with or without tho. piquancy of caper sauce) is only too often a matter of tho keenest ""Sf'y- a '° such folk—and there nro many in Wellington just now—tho news' that meat is being sold at auction without reserve in tho Wellington Fruit Eichango should bo welcomo news.. Auction sales of beef and mutton commenced at. the markets at 11.30 n'.m. yesterday, and those who had the control expressed to a Dominion reporter thoir satisfaction at tho start, made, while holding out for a slightly better return when tho, "meat market 'becomes known. I As a matter of fact, the meat sold yesterday went cheap. Eeally prime beef was sold vesterday as. low ns 2d. per lb., and mutton as cheap as Id. per lb. Sirloin of beef sold in 61b. to 101b. lots realised. 3d. per lb., and less of mutton ranged from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. each, according to size and quality. Shoulders went for ljd., and other-parts equally cheap. ■• Speaking ..to the-salesman at the, conclusion of his.labours, our reporter was informed that enormous profits were made out of meat." Meat is regarded as a luxury among a. considerable section of tho working classes of the Old Country. • This is not the Old Country, however. This being a land of'milk and meat, ,we naturally look for rather better fare than obtains among.tho working classes of England, and are.not happy unless wo get it. Meat is as much a staple food as bread in New Zealand. ',
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 10
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354CHEAP MEAT. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 511, 19 May 1909, Page 10
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