BUTCHERS WANT AN EXPORT DUTY. WELLINGTON, August 15.
' A (Imputation. rfpre-ic-ntVig 1 15 master ln'trher-) of tLr: fit/, v.aiteil on tho Minwtrr of Lands to nitfbt a>nd urged that tho greiut (loimnd now beimj made on flocks of the roloi y u0..kl rau-.o a great phorlago in the fill me. .M"oi«.ovcr, butchers had not IK-en ;tL!r> ('> r.-ii-o the price of meat, and ronsequentJy, tho reputation allc-ged, thr* trade was at a serious di-ntl\.anfncre, and thought the Government should put a big exx>orfc duty on <-trcV. The Hon. Mr Duncan euid tho rr-.ittor would bo a delicate ono to handle, but lie proi-i-ed to oon = idor it.
H\' r : ,il tup-s f> r the conveyance of "itofk tj M_. uu y iiu to be nwule, tUo Tnhi.io le*',-
Ing Auckland cm % the 26th ins*., and 1 tji» Hawea from Wellington on the 21sfc instf>
AUCKLAND, August 15. Sheep and cattle are f ©tolling high- price?. At yesterday's sales 23s was paid for sheep that recently would have fetched lie to 15s. In cattle, £16 was paid for some fin© beasts, and others were correspondingly dear.
WELLINGTON, August 17. The ilonowai, which sailed last night fo* Sydney, took 700 sheep.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 8
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198BUTCHERS WANT AN EXPORT DUTY. WELLINGTON, August 15. Otago Witness, Issue 2527, 20 August 1902, Page 8
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