MEAT SUPPLIES FOR CANADA

Southland Times, Issue 24115, 2 May 1940, Page 8

MEAT SUPPLIES FOR CANADA

MAINTAINING MARKET NEW ZEALAND SHIPMENTS TO CONTINUE Before the war, the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, with the object of widening the export outlets for New Zealand meat, made shipments to Canada on its own responsibility. New Zealand lamb was so well received in the sister Dominion that the board has decided to continue shipping some lambs to this destination to keep up the connection with this potentially valuable market.

The shipments this season, however, will be much less than those of the last two years, and it has now been arranged that a consignment will go forward this month. During the last two years the board has made substantial shipments to Canada. Last year it purchased 17,000 carcases of lamb and mutton which were shipped to Montreal and Toronto, and met with a very favourable reception. It is realized that the war will probably have its effect on lamb and mutton sales in Canada, but in view of the potentialities of the Canadian market the board considers it highly essential that the continuance of even small shipments is most desirable to maintain an excellent opening. On the suggestion of the Meat Board, special provision was made in the meat purchase agreement with the United Kingdom that New Zealand could retain the right to supply a small quantity of meat to its regular trade outside the United Kingdom.