AUSTRALIAN MEAT

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 96, 18 January 1924, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN MEAT

BIG SELLING SCHEME Mr. J. E. Cramsie, of the Australian Meat Council, who is at present in Wellington, will shortly place before producers, on behalf of the Australian Meat Council, and Sir Henry Jones, of Hobart, a scheme for tho sale of Australian meat on the Continent, says a Sydney paper. The Australian Meat Council, said Mr. Cramsie recently, was not a trading concern, but it was interesting itself in a proposition made by Sir Henry Jones for the opening up of fresh channels of trade. The council viewed the proposal very favourably, as it was likely to prove of service to the Commonwealth, especially in view of present financial difficulties on the Continent. Sir Henry Jones’s proposal was to form a, private company, with a capital of £1,250,000. He proposed to underwrite £150,000 £l, shares himself. The company was to be formed with a view to distributing meat on the Continent by dealing direct with firms who had large numbers of employees, those firms to purchase large quantities of meat and to distribute it among employees as part payment of their wages. Sir Henry Jones was extremely anxious that the Commonwealth Government and the Australian producers should become interested in the scheme, so that a line of connection could bo taken up between the company and large manufacturers on the Continent to ensure that a supply of meat was always available. Firms would* be prepared to purchase meat, and to collect payments from their employees, and immediately to remit the money to the company. Although Sir Henry Jones had had no previous experience in the sale of meat, he had arranged with one large firm in Germany to purchase several hundred tons, and that firm had established a credit in Holland for payment. That meat was to be distributed among the firm’s employees, and they had expressed their gratefulness at the prospect of obtaining supplies. Mr. Cramsie said Sir Henry Jones believed that a very large business could be worked up in that way. The proposal was now engaging attention in England. Sir Henry Jones had communicated' with the Tasmanian Agent-General in London asking him to place the proposition before Mr. Bruce, tho Prime Minister, with a view to enlisting his interest in the formation of the proposed company.

RICHMOND SALE (By Telegraph—Special Correspondent.) Nelson, January 17. At the Richmond sale yesterday there was a medium yarding of stock, all classes being disposed o£ The following prices were realisedTwo-tooth owes. 19s. lOd.; aged and failing mouth ewes. 7s. 6d„ Bs. 3d., 12s. 6d.; fat ewes and wethers, 235. to 245. 6d.: 2tooth store wethers, 15s. to 16s. 9d.; light fat lambs, 18s.; rape lambs, 145.; store wether lambs, 10s. Id.; store ewe lambs, 10s.; weaner pigs, 15s. to 18s.