THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17133, 21 June 1927, Page 7

THE MEAT INDUSTRY.

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PROSPECTS IN AUSTRALIA. POSITION DECLARED CRITICAL. GREAT LOSSES OF SHEEP. (United Press Association). (Received June 21. 11.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, June 21. Mr J. B. Chamsie, chairman of the Metropolitan Meat Industries Board, says the position of the meat industry throughout the Commonwealth is at present critical. Exporters have been carrying on at a loss for some time, and the immediate future gave no indication that llie situation would improve. If anything the heavy yardings of sheep that would result from the unusually severe winter would lend lo aggravate the depression, which was not confined to any one state or portion of the Commonwealth, but applied to the industry as a whole. The small volume of business that had come within reach of the Queensland meat works for some time had resulted in a large increase in operating costs. The effects of the recent drought in that State would make the position worse, as the export trade would be light; A similar position existed in West Australia, while in Victoria and New South Wales difficulty was experienced in securing sufficient business to enable the works lo he operated profitably. Only an organised attempt to handle the trade scientifically and thereby stabilise it, will save the industry from disaster.