LAST SEASON'S BEEF

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 2 November 1933, Page 6

LAST SEASON'S BEEF

SHIPMENT BY JANUARY MEAT HOARD'S ATTITUDE j GISBORNE’S 27,000C\YT. Last season’s beef remaining in freezing, works in the Dominion will he shipped during Ilecemfier and January. Arrangements to this effect are reported by the Aleut Producers’ Board in a circular received in Gisborne to-day. The Kaiti works have about 18,000 quarters of beef remaining from last season, equalling approximately 27.000 cwt., and it is expected that the last of these stocks will he cleared by January. Recently, the Poverty Bay and East (toast Sheepowners’ Union directed an inquiry to the Aleat Board in regard to its intentions concerning the beef accumulations, and the hoard has replied as follows:--"The board is averse to the principle of quotas, and ii was at the request of the British authorities, who were seriously perturbed at the price position, and having regard to August to December being the peak marketing period for Home killed beef, Unit the board arranged with the owners of beef quarters held in New Zealand to voluntarily stop shipping! these stocks until the end of November. "When fliis matter was under discussion in London, stocks of frozen beef from all sources in store in the United Kingdom showed a large increase ovot the quantities held at the same date last ■car. The London representatives of the larger exporters all agreed, jn view of the position of the market there, that it was useless bringing stocks forward to go into store. "It was agreed at the time that the spread shipment of this carry-over beef was to he gone into later, and the board has sin e communicated with the various owners and freezing works, and is doing everythin;;; possible to pet these stocks away as quickly as possible.’’ NEW SEASON’S KILLINGS In announcing its shipping arrangements by circular to-dav, the board indicates its policy regarding the early killings of the new season. Few Gisborne cattle come forward until some weeks alter the New Year, but a large proportion of the cattle should be slaughtered in time to be taken into consideration for these shipping arrangements, which are referred to as follows: The New Zealand Aleat Producers’ Board lias advised the authorities in Great Britain that the quantity of frozen beef, including boneless beef, to be shipped from the Dominion to arrive next year up to June 30, 1934, will be approximately 500.000 cwt. Experimental shipments of chilled beef are not included in this estimate. The foregoing figure includes the carry-over stocks of beef at present held in the Dominion, so that, deducting the quantities of beef at present held in store, it will leave approximately 300,000 cwt. of new season’s beef, which can arrive in the United Kingdom for the six months to June 30, 1934. It is estimated that ample provision has been made in the quantity mentioned to cover the normal output of beef in quarters and boneless beef to arrive in this period.