DOUBTFUL STOCK.
SENT TO ABATTOIRS. GRAZIER'S ALLEGATjONS. At the opening of the abattoirs at Tuttlebees, New South Wales, Mr. J. P. Osborne, deputy-chairman of tho Metropolitan Meat Board, pointed out tho advantages which country districts might obtain by employing inspectors approved by the "board, "so that they might be satisfied that their own meat would be oi the right quality and free from disease. Mr. George Reynolds, a leading district grazier, said that he had been selling stock to tho Goulburn butchers all his life, and so had his father before biro. He knew it was no good try' n K to sell old bullocks or diseased animals lo them, because they would not look ut them When .tho "graziers wanted to get rid of sorno doubtful animals they got a truck load together, sent them to thi> metropolitan yards, and sold them at top prices without any trouble. (Laughter.) Mr. Osbornet You might get them through tho yards, but not through the abattoirs.
Mr. Reynolds: Oh, yes, we do; that is whero they all go. Other graziers and butchers present confirmed Mr. Reynold's statement.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 13
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185DOUBTFUL STOCK. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20116, 29 November 1928, Page 13
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