NEW ZEALAND MEATS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13013, 28 June 1906, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND MEATS.

;: Di|i]&flSHEi) DEMAND' FOR TINNED ' u ■'*■'• GOODS. ii- MUTTON MORE IN REi QUEST. d . rUiuttd- Press Association—Per Electrio h t> ,™ e K»Pl»—Copyright, i.-' t . Received 9.12 p:to£ J%he^27th. «'• K -< .LONDON, June 27. ~ , Sffi Joseph ; Wajjd: ; cdiifi6rwif with the . leadmg importers in consequence" of a telea iffiafajrom the Hon. ,J V Carroll, respecting s dmioLslfed demand Sew !?■ Zealand tinned .Jbajeatij.;. ', ~'.' ' , ~'. i S&* 3° B *s :,s%ses^:&at;,ttie r: mMst publicity, should b> girah: -to the system *■ <*' veterinary iiispection'm. the' New Zea> c land factories: •''"' ■'' ■■'■■' iV" fctMr' Weddell and Mr Montagiie Nelson, JV .assured the that the diminutioii ;denij&idifyjis, not,due to; dissatisfaction: -with New' Zealand's system, but to it the Chicago Tevelations which ' had. choked »f all demands. Meanwhile ..the sale of, fror< zen meat. had. greatly increased, it Mr Gilbert Anderson, maiiageii , e ~bi the !■ Christchurchf Meat Company, com: . of tbp. difficulty, of securing. Wax jii ;conlracts^^'^^^V^""" * Yi '!"'^"V rv--1'....: ._. the reason of this J was' the; higher, price £ pT-the New Zealand product,' the Wai ° Office's practice being to accept the lowit est;;-: He. would, continve-io make- repre- »• ;s*iftations in regardtb the!better'value oi 8 jNewZealand's goods. : " i: " ; i Mr Churchill, in reply to Mr William

Redmond, explained that? there was very : careful inspection before slaughter in Australia.; He Was not aware of any': com- , plaint about tinned imports from those , colonies. He added that the Earl of Elgin at New Zealand's instance, recently ■ drew the attention of the various Govern- , ment departments to the fact that, all ,; frozen and tinned meats were subject' : in|'> New Zealand to minute inspection unders- ; stringent conditions by duly qualified inspectors. _ *-- *