HOME MEAT TRADE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LX, Issue 9799, 8 May 1924, Page 4

HOME MEAT TRADE.

WHY LAMB SLUMPED. MAPJvET WAS CHOKED WITH BEEF. WELLINGTON, May 7. At a meeting of the Dominion executive of the Farmerss Union, iniormation -was received from tee Meat Producers'" Board relating to the recent activities of the Board. ft v.as stated that the latest information from the Board's London manager respecting the-recent setback in iamb prices was as follows: “Lp to tne lime of the strike, the iamb mar net appeared to be fairly firm and during the strike a fair quantity of lamb was disposed of, owing to me fact time it was impossible to obtain any supplies of chilled beef. -On tne cessation of the strike, however, t;ie neic-up shipments of chilled oeef simply hooted tlie market and Smithfie.d slumped verv badly. .’.lost o_ the retailers laid in heavy stocks of chilled beef, upon which they are making fine profits and no doubt pushed beef against lamb. The selling consumption demand for lamb- has been very disappointing during last month, as the weather is still coicl and this, no ceubt has affected the sale of lamb. - ’ Ire last- cabled advice from the London manager dated May 2nd, says: ----1-- >

rna rkefc is -now strong wyh good demand.” It was hoped that, witn the enormous number of visitors expected in London for the Exhibition, greater demand for New Zealand lama would be created, more particularly as the lamb season usually commenced about Easter. The Boards' Lennon managers have co-operated with the High Commissioner to bring pressure on the present Government to get them to insist upon stocks of reirigera ted meat held in the cold stores being published monthly, as was con-s----in America and elsewhere. The B was new receiving from its London office regular reports by an inspector who was appointed recently to wrTc-h the unloading of vessels at the other end. The "presence of this officer already had led to better handling. Through his reports, the Board had been able to institute Severn? improvement. Tlie officer also attended surveys for damage and thus is in. a position to locate where the damage occurs.—lUA.