MEAT CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 697, 23 December 1909, Page 10

MEAT CONFERENCE.

THE OFFICIAL INVITATION.

_ is tho full tost of the circular letter by.which the Canterbury A. and P. , Association :is summoning tho Meat Cqnforencj).;.m':.Wellington nt -the end of January:—"Dear sir,—ln view of the serious .loss .sustained by tho pnstornl; community iu 'CantorbUryjj^wiiigTito-tho" drop in price :of riiutton and 'lamb, during tho latter part of .last season;' my committee has resolved:—'That ; th'o; committee'' take ■ stops to arrange "■ a confoironte with .tho agricultural and pastoral :association's, farmors'.; unions, ;stock . agents, ■freozing companies, and shipping companies for tho/purposo of., discussing, and if'.possible.' arranging, some<methbd .of improving the meat Oxpdrt trade.':'■"■'■"- j '■•••.-.•..■••.■. : . ;'l-: am directed to.. point.. out that, if. any ■teneflt. islto.rosult.from such conference, by way of infofmatidri for farmers • with regard to ; ; the >.method of disposing of this 'season's 'meat l :lt'is"essential that it should lake place m soon; m possible, and it has been suggested thatvtho-lasciweekiin, January Should be about ,tho.datei; and.'Wellington the place, at vfhich : such conforoflco should bo held. I should bo glad to. know,, as . soon as > possible* whether yourcompany will 6end a representative, and also, if ; ; thorp is .anyone; whom 'you think should •be invitod.to attenii,,-other -than.the persons mentioned in the.above resolution. ''.. "One of the objects being to obtain as much information' as: possible as to defects in -the present niothod-of exporting and Boiling, it is proposed .to invito anyono who is in a position i -to dp ;so, to attenj}, . and .either; address the ' conference:.-on the'i.present system;"-or 'supply.}rils)r,li!a|ion: '.jegard to' tho;same by correspondence. It .would greatly: assist if you could supply ma with the names of any conld givo such infonnation.O. B. Pemberton, secretary."