HUGE SUPPLIES Of MEAT
SENT TO BRITAIN. Electric Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, Nov. 27. “Th© type of meat utilised m fulfilment of the canning contracts which the Marketing Department holds with the United Kingdom Gi>~ vermneut ha© been deter milled by the British Minister of Food,” sam the Minister of Marketing (Hon. J G. Barclay) today. “The British Ministry when these contracts wenfirst negotiated expresses the wish that so long as refrigerated space could be provided to lift th© Dominion s export production of prime ox and heifer beef, only cow beef was to be utilised for canning purpose--, and naturally it wa© Britain's desire to secure as long as )>ossibL' supplies of New Zealand's best beef in carcase form rather than tinned. “However, good quality cow beef is preferable to prime beef tor canning as th© former contains less fat and provides a much better finished poduct. Since the comn ten cement of the war New Zealand ©americs have produced against these contracts 15,700,<i00 tins of meat without a single complaint from overseas regarding quality.’ *
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15211, 28 November 1942, Page 2
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