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MEAT FREEZING IN N.Z.
Wellington, This Da;
“The meat freezing position in New Zealand at the moment can be described only as tragic.” said the Dominion secretary, of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. Mr A. P. O’Shea, yesterday.
The Government and the Meat Board had appealed to farmers to put more weight on their lambs, and most of them had loyally tried to do so. he said. However, with the shut-down pf the works over the Christmas period and the stoppages which had occurred since then it looked as if a large number of lambs were going to be lost. The dry' weather showed no sign of breaking and in consequence lambs which should have been killed and had not been killed were going back seriously in condition.
“It is quite obvious that labour will have to be diverted to the freezing industry and that stoppages will have to cease, otherwise New Zealand can justly be accused of letting Britain down.’’ said Mr O’Shea.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 11 January 1944, Page 4
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