N.Z. MEAT DEAR IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 188, 8 May 1934, Page 10

N.Z. MEAT DEAR IN LONDON

A well-known former resident of the Waikato, Mr. M. C. Lawson, writing from Australia House. London to the “Auckland Star,” mentions that it may be of interest to New Zealanders to know what it costs to buy New Zealand'mutton in London "I went into a butcher’s shop and asked for lib of loin chops. Now Zealand." he says. ‘They were duly cut ami handed over ‘One and sixpence, please.’ said the shopman I thought lie was joking, but no. lie was in dead earnest, and I found, during the resultant chat, that no part of the carcase could lie bought for less than !/• per lb Most of it was about 1/3 to 1/4 per lb., witli best cuts priced at 1/6.” Mr Lawson goes on to say that lie had not seen any New Zealand buttei on the shop counters. Splendid quali'y Danish butter could be purchased for lid. to 1/- per lb. Living as a whole was very dear, and meal appeared to quite beyond rhe reach of the poorer people tn fact, -it was hard to understand how they lived.