NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 10

NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

i'i:lisxi '-Aimiit i(;,po!)-.\riLE -.touhney. The' New /.Salami • Government .is mow Irvinsj- im interesting experiment which, il" is' hoped, may lead 16 tlip siiidin'g of large I 'consignments • Of 'Antipodean eggs from -flint country to ilie British market (says tlie' .ovcVsdiis, (jililiiin yf the London "Jjaily Hail" of f-'ebruary 1). !;onie six weeks ag:> leu fj unrtcr cases, each '.'containing 'Sill);'new-laid eggs, left New Zealand, by the steamship Kulonia for' London. The eggs were Kept on l>oard . at" a temperature of 'lijdeg, J'nhr. They arrived in this country mi Tuesday (January 28), 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 Bs. per 120. "The eggs, when tested, were found tc be in splendid-condition," said a representative of Messrs. 11". A. Lane and Co.; of Tooley Street, H.E.. the lirm -to v.l'icl: the e" f, s were consigned. "Altliqugh tl-ej lKtve°been sent 'sunn- 10,000 njiles tliej can still fairly lie described as 'new laid, judging by an analysis. .They coin pari very ,favournl)iy»wK'li the eggs sent, to tliii country from .Russia and Denmark. "Hardly.an.egg was broken in ..transit and better prices' will be obtained fo future -consignments .under normal condi tions of.market rates, From our pom of view the experiment-has been entirel; successful."