DUNEDIN EGGS IN LONDON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 9

DUNEDIN EGGS IN LONDON.

PROSPECT. OF NEW INDUSTRY 1 A PROMISING OPENING. [from OCB OWN' correspondent.] '• London, January 26. The consignment, of eggs Rent by a Dun* ©din firm to Messrs. H. A- Lane and Ob., of Tooley-strcet,, who handle largo quantities of colonial produce, is a happy augury for a new and _ profitable New Zealand industry. The consignment consisted of 20 boxes, each containing 264 eggs packed in. oat husks,. and each egg wrapped in a piece of greaseproof paper. The eggs themselves had been dipped in some preparation, but this can be avoided in future. Spring September and October—will stand a very much longer journey than eggs that are laid in the NewZealand summer or autumn, consequently there is no need for Dominion exporters to pro to the trouble and expense of dipping the eggs in any ' preparation whatever. It would 'be quite sufficient to store them in a. cool, chamber; and also, if packed in cardboard fillers in boxes each containing 30 dozen, they would catty and travel very much better. The packing of the consign* ment in question was quite unsuitable foe the London market. . . The majority of the eggs shipped to London are packed in clean white wocd-wooL in long cases of 1440 each. These cases carry with them, according to the terms of the. London egg market, 60 eggs per long case,, which is termed the London allowance to cover any excess breakage. Canadians and Americans pack their eggs in boxes of 360* and used the cardboard fillers, in which case they save the usual London allowance as the quarter cases so packed are always sold net< That is the full count, and there is no allow* ance at all. The boxes from Dunodin were heavy -sad clumsy, and altogether unsuitable. The American box is a good model, and is made to contain 180 each side, with three dozen eggs on each layer. Tli© quality of the New Zealand eggs was very fine. They came over in the cheesechamber, in a temperature of a little under 50, and were as now when they arrived in London as it is possible to get eggs at thi* time of the year, with the exception of those direct from the nest. There is a good trade to-be done from Now Zealand in'eggs' if the , farmers are able to get their production here during the months of December and January, when prices: are at their highest in London. Spring eggs from the Dominion could be sold here as strictly Fresh. ; .' r The Dwiedin egtfs were a fair sine, namely, 14£lb per 120. They were white in colour* whereas eggs with a little colour are alwaysmore attractive to the London trader. Moreover, they must not be branded with any marks showing the country of origin.