NEW ZEALAND EGGS.
FRESH AFTER 16,000-MILE JOURNEY. / The New Zealand Government is now trying an interesting experiment which, it is hoped, may lead to the sending of large consignments of Antipodean eggs from that country to the British market.
Some six weeks ago ten quarter cases, each containing 300 newlaid eggs, left New Zealand by the steamship Rotorua for Londo'n. The eggs were kept on board at a temperature of 45deg. Fahr. They arrived in this country on Tuesday (January 28th), and although there was a surplus of eggs on the market, with a consequent fall in prices, the consignment found ready purchasers at the wholesale price of 8s per 120.
"The eggs, when tested, were found to be in splendid condition," said a representative of Messrs H. A. Lane and Co., of Tooley Street, S.E., the firm to which the eggs were consigned. " Although they have been sent some 16,000 miles they can still fairly be described as ' new laid', judging by an analysis. They compare very favourably with the eggs sent to this country from Russia and Denmark.
"Hardly an egg was broken in transit, and better prices will be obtained for future consignments under normal conditions of market rates. From our point of view the experiment has been entirely successful."
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Waipa Post, Volume IV, Issue 198, 25 March 1913, Page 4
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