THE MUTTON TRADE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 91, 7 June 1911, Page 4

THE MUTTON TRADE.

o The want of regularity in the shipments of New Zealand mutton is the subject of an article under the above heading in the current number of the “Pastoral bits’ Review.” The matter, it says, was never such a burning question as now, when North island mutton is “practically unsaleable,” as one of the circulars has it. Several of the market reports dwell upon this. Says the New Zealand Loan Company: “In the case of New Zealand mutton, it is unfortunate that this article was practically off the market for some time, thus allowing South American sheep to get >sucb a hold with the trade.” Thus Messrs kilter; “As wo .pointed out some time ago, the scarcity of New Zealand mutton was giving the Argentine shipper an opportunity of securing a large proportion of the New Zealand trade, and now that tlie New Zealand sheep are nunc plentiful it is necessary to got. hack some of the original business, and that can only be done by reducing prices.” 'The “Review” contends that the unsatisfactory position of a (fairs is due entirely to want of regnhiil.y in despatching shipments. The .Argentine people ship uniformly month by month, and in consequence they sell uniformly, and there is no necessity to store meat.