AUCKLAND MEAT SUPPLY.
A "COMING SHORTAGE. • (Pbr United Press Association.^ ; AUCKLAND, Maioh 21. In Auckland, as elsewhere, there seem to be an indication of a coming short gin beef and mutton supples. On 1 . quirks being made ta-day it was aec rtained that • for freezing purposes the' prospects are that this, se:eon's outpui will fall short of last'year's by a <osiderable margin. ; Owing, no aoubi, ti the fact that last season the : beef maiket was overstocked, there has in maay districts been a wholesale slaughter of young calves. The dry weather in Auckknl during the summer is also considered t> have had some effect on the mut'on iT?.d-?, and supplies for freezing purpcres are beginning to ?horfen. The fa:t that.so much new land is being s-ettled in th; Auckland province aleo Recounts 'tj a certain extent for the absorption of a largo number of eheep, which might have otherwise been frozen for export.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15098, 22 March 1911, Page 10
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153AUCKLAND MEAT SUPPLY. Otago Daily Times, Issue 15098, 22 March 1911, Page 10
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