EGGS FOR OVERSEAS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 286, 29 August 1931, Page 6

EGGS FOR OVERSEAS

Two N.Z. Shipments Soon BETTER PRICES AT HOME Dominion Special Service. Auckland, August 28. An effort to place large quantities of New Zealand eggs on the markets in Britain is to be made this season, and already) two shipments have been arranged. The Somerset, which is scheduled to leave Auckland on October 10, will carry 1600 crates, each, containing 30 dozen eggs, and the Corinthic, which is to leave Wellington ten days later, will take a further 1000 crates. In all probability these shipments will be entirely from Auckland and Canterbury. Other shipments, it is expected, will follow at regular intervals for some months. Mr. A. J. Joughin, manager of the poultry producers’ products marketing branch of the organisation which handles a considerable quantity of eggs from the Auckland province, said it was imperative for local producers to ship their eggs overseas this year owing to very low prices ruling here. At the present time Auckland producers were receiving from lOd. to 1/- a dozen for eggs, according to grade. If the eggs were sent to Britain probably 2/- a dozen would be received.