'Facing Shortage Of Eggs That Will Last For Years'

Northern Advocate, 23 January 1947, Page 6

'Facing Shortage Of Eggs That Will Last For Years'

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Distribution of eggs in Auckland is now down to 30 per cent of normal requirements. A further reduction, 10 per cent, was made yesterday in quotas for retailers, hotels and restaurants.

Mr G. El lev, chairman of the Auckland Egg Marketing Committee, said that last week eggs brought to market in the Auckland district were 20.0 n 0 dozen below the total for the week before, and 20,000 dozen under the total for the corresponding week last year. The total loss of production in the Auckland district had now reached 500,000 dozen eggs for the last seven months, said Mr Elley. Producers were facing disaster and

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consumers a shortage which would last for years.

Mr Elley said that any member of the general public could test the seriousness of the egg emergency by visiting the city markets. Thousands of birds, some of them culls, but tlie majority good laying hens, were being sold off at depression prices by producers who could not afford to feed them. Whole flocks were being sold. About 5000 fowls are stated to have been sold at the city markets during the last two auction days, and crates and pens filled with hundreds more weer brought into tire city yesterday in preparation for today's sale.