IMPROVED POSITION

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 41, 17 August 1942, Page 4

IMPROVED POSITION

MEAT STORAGE SPAGE

(0.C.) CHRISTCHtJftefi, August Jls/ The freezing works in New Zealand a*e expected to be practically clear of meat at theend of -the shipping year. The president of the Canterbury sheeJpdWners' Union, Mr. E. Hay, addressing the &hiiual: meeting, said that the 6dtl6ok ■ With fespect to storage $.6t ; next season's kill^ was distinctly eiico'uraging • ; ; - Last season1: had been a satisfactory one from a production pointy of view, and the total lamb kill Would nearly equal that of the previous season. The wether kill had increased by roughly 145,000 head and ewe killings by about 400,000 Head. , . The position with regard to storage space had ittiptoVed to an extent Whkh Should rehiove ally anxiety \as to ability to hold the surplus stocks froth next season's kill. The position at present with, regard to storage was that the -Works were expected to be practically clear of meat at the end of the shipping year. 'With, the definite tonnage limit of 2?5,000 tons of meat set by the British Government for meat purchases last year, and a production output within New Zealand of roughly 820,000 tofts, the position With regard to storage at one period during the yea*' was extremely serious, but an unexpected improvement in shipping facilities, coupled With the demand for defence purposes, including the supply of meat td additional troops arriving in New Zealand from overseas, eased the position, and the outlook with respect to storage fo£ next season's kill was distinctly encouraging,