THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 10, 19 July 1882, Page 2

THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

Tun most encoarnging intelligence that has reached the Colony for some timo is to be found in our telegraphic news, on the subject of the pr'cos realised in the Home Markets for mutton, ex ship Dunedin, from New Zealand. Tho quality ef the meat was excellent, some prime par's being sold at ]0d per lb. for pur* poses of the retail trade. The sheep came out of tucir bags as bright as vow killed mutton, and worth Pd per lb. J... nibs were sold at 7d to 7_d per lb. 100 slice]) were sent every night to Glasgow, and roadbed more than in London. These prices are. fir in advance of those obtainable in the Colony ar the best of limes, and ns our Australian competitors are out of the market from the poor .quality of their frozen meat, (owing to 1 climatic influences, or some mechanical diliicii'ty in the freezing process not yei discover d), this gives a glorious opportunity to New Zealand to develop thoroughly this n-w and profitably trade. , which practically will amount to almosi 'a monopoly. The M:;n:watu sheep ; farmers must no.v give their best energies towards the prcdu tion of a full share of the number of sheep necessary j to supoly ihis market, which promises !to yield such golden retur.is. We will ! have more to say on this subject in a ' future article.