GIFT LAMBS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17608, 26 October 1931, Page 11

GIFT LAMBS

K i \ ■ "/ "I have learned,” said Mr. >K. W. Palrymple, chairman of the Wellington provincial executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Unioi},. at •.last week’s meeting, “that the Meat, Board,.proposjifto discontinue the.practice of forwarding' New Zealand gift Jambs, to the Old Country on behalf of. New Zealand--0,-s.” reports the Rangitikei. Advocate. It would be a great pity to stop this, he continued, as it was ..undoubtedly a valuable advertising medium for New Zealand lamb. It was necessary to maim tain a close watch on our position 'in the meat market, and it was of .interest that during September Australia shipped 526,000 carcasses of lamb as against 303,000 from New Zealand—nearly double. . .. o; v i. xn Mr. A. Marshall stated that the London manager of the board was . against the idea for the. reason that .trie lamb sent out as gift lamb was. not always the new season’s —it was old,lamb, .if was suggested that it might be ar ranged to send out the new season’s lamb.as Easter gifts. It should be possible to get the new season’s lamb away at Christmas time, as a good deal was shipped from Auckland ,and Hawke’s Bay in time for the Christinas market It was agreed to write to tho Meat Board to ascertain the position.