FROZEN MEAT MARKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6872, 16 July 1909, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT MARKET

MUTTON OVER-SUPPLIED TRADE SOHEAXE TO DEAL AVITH A DIFFICULTY. i NEW ZEALAND’S LARGE SHARE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received July 15, 8.50 p.m.) LONDON, July 15. The colonial meat importers’ agents state that the agreement reported yesterday, by which the various firms were to abstain from selling, during the next ten days, Canterbury sheep carcases of less than 3GIh under 4d, 3G to 421 b under 3kl, 42 to 501 b under 3id, and choice North Island and Southland id per lb less in each grade, is thus far working smoothly. Inclement weather is the chief cause of tho glut in the market which led to this agreement being made. There is still a considerable surplusage of lamb, as the market is oversupplied to the extent of 1,000,000 carcases, and there arc also 1,000,000 carcases of mutton above requirements. Only fine weather can save tho situation.

Tho increase in prices was arranged for because the butchers feared the competition of the small barrow or street stall salesmen, and tho retail shopkeepers were willing to pay an extra l,d per lb in order to keep tho costermongers out. Air H. C. Cameron, New Zealand Trade and Produce Commissioner, speaking on behalf of Air Hall-Jones, High Commissioner, at Tuesday’s meeting of the trade representatives, said tho Dominion Government was anxious to assist in conserving the interests of New Zealand trade, and was willing to issue circulars to dealers all over the Kingdom calling attention to the supplies available, as was requested by the chairman. AH Cameron, however, doubted tho advisableness of spending money on advertising, which might run into £2ooo—or even £IO,OOO —in this connection.

It was suggested at the meeting that it would ho unfair that New Zealand should bear all the cost of advertising which would benefit Australia and the Argentine to an equal extent. The importers’ answer to this is that nine-tenths of the present stock of lamb has come from New Zealand.

INCREASED CONSUAIPTION

COLONIAL PRESSMEN AND PRIMAL INDUSTRIES. (Received July 15, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 15. The Colonial Consignment and Distributing Company entertained the press delegates yesterday. Sir Montague Nelson expressed the hope that the moat trade would soon revive. The consumption in the United Kingdom, he pointed out, had increased from 70 to 121 pounds per head in twenty-five years. Mr Macdonald, of Christchurch, New Zealand, considered it was desirable that farmers in Australia should be brought closer to the consumer through one agency, if possible. The fewer the firms between thorn the hotter.

Mr F. W. Ward, editor of the Sydney “ Daily Telegraph,” expressed the hope that in future press conferences all the great enterprises with which the Dominions were identified would ■receive due recognition.

EXPORTS FROM NEW ZEALAND. In the ‘'New Zealand Gazette” issued last night there is published a return showing the exports of mutton and lamb from the Dominion, ns at April 30th, during the past eight years, as

follow; — Mutton Less and Pieces. Lamb Carcases. oivt. Carcases. 1P02 1,712,670 61,919 1,736,780 1003 2,197.516 87,250 2,006,162 190-4 2,388,959 10,472 2,101,881 1005 1,888,065 21,083 1,937,026 2,131,563 190G 1,500,773 13,171 1907 1903 1,921,165 1,821,126 ■ 37,456 35,663 2,519,417 2,826,437 1909 1,899,116 41,681 2,910,358