NEW ZEALAND MEAT

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 14 September 1921, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND MEAT

ACCUMULATIONS IN STORE

STATEMENT BY ARMOUR AND CO

' (II y TELEGRAPH —PEEBS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCB, Sept. 13. Referring to the Pall.Mall Gazette's statement, as cabled, Mr. W. I. Carney, of Armour and Co., Ltd., Australia, gave an absolute denial to the statement that several hundred thousand carcases were lying rotting in New Zealand cold stores. As a matter of •fact, about 350,000 carcases were in store in New Zealand, but these were only from the killing of the season just ended, and it would be ridiculous to jsay that in such a short time the frozen meat was perishing. This1 meat •had accumulated in the freezing stores since the Minister of Customs, acting under an unrepealed provision of the War Regulations Act, had refused Arjnqurs. a permit to export meat. "Wfe hope that when Mr. Massey returns to New Zealand things will be straightened out to the satief action, of everybody," said* Mr, Carney. The representative of a large freezing company said the cabled message was obviously absurd. As far as he knew, there were only 300,000 carcases in the New Zealand cold stores, and when the expectations of frozen meat from the Argentine were taken into consideration that amount would have no effect in reducing meat prues in Britain.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 13. In regard to the sensational meat hold-up cable, a pressman was informed that it was utterly absurd to say that several hundred thousand carcases of sheep and lamb were lying rotting in a Christenurch storehouse. -All the meat held in the freezing works in different parts of the Dominion was in good order. The statement was an indication of how inaccurate the whole thing; w*a«, and was not in keeping with. fact. No doubt the Government had held up meat in New Zealand, but only pending a : satisfactory arrangement being arrived at.