SYDNEY ABATTOIRS

Grey River Argus, 10 November 1931, Page 3

SYDNEY ABATTOIRS

WASTE OF MONEY. CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL LIKELY. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn). SYDNEY, Nov. 8. The Government Board’s investigations of the operations at Homebush Abattoirs have resulted in a sensational report by the investigator on the city’s account, said Mr A. G. Noble. Mr Noble alleges that there was a startling waste of Government money in the construction of the saleyards, which were then abandoned, this loss alone amounting to £llO,OOO. besides smaller wastages by which the annual loss on the abattoirs would probably reach £lOO,OOO. Mr Noble also mentions charges that the Australian moat market is being detrimentally manipulated by the foreign meat companies with Argentine affiliations. He considers the Homebush market should be managed co-operatively. A Bill will probably be introduced before Christmas taking the enterprise out of Government hands and vesting it in those of the producers on co-operative basis. Mr Noble points out that the present marketing system is so unsatisfactory to the producers that they are compelled to send two million sheep annually to Victoria, where they are killed and exported as Victorian.