ABATTOIR SLAUGHTER FEES
BLTHAM BUTCHERS’ PROTEST,
PROPOSED INCREASED CHARGES
A letter of protest lias been forwarded by t/ho nuustor butchers of EAtlram t-o the Minister of Agriculture concerning the proposed increased charges in slaughtering fees at the Eltliam abattoirs. . .. . The butchers have received advice that the charges are to be increased as follows : Cattle from 7-s- to- 9s. pei head, -sheep from Is- 3d to 2s, pigs an increase of 9di per head. It is contended that they are being asked to pay considerably more in -slaughtering 'fees than neighbouring towns. At New Plymouth and Stratford the fee for cattle is only 6s 3d per head, compared with 9s at Bltham. The former figure includes yarding, whereas the latter does not. Sheep -fees are only Is 3d at these towns compared with 2s projected at Eltliam. The Bltham butchers receive no allowance for offal and fat, which the butchers of New Plymouth and Stratford! receive and sell. Thus it is pointed out that slaughtering charges at Bltham become 50 per cent, higher than at other towns.
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Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 August 1931, Page 6
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176ABATTOIR SLAUGHTER FEES Hawera Star, Volume LI, 25 August 1931, Page 6
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