Frozen Meat Trade
1 The Syduey Mail; in an article on the frozen meat trade, pays a compliment to New Zealand for haviug after a prolonged effort, bucceedcd in completely overcoming the prejudices of English consumers. Frozen .mutton now occupies the first position in the London market, being' actually sold at prices higher than .thoae obtained for the Home-grown ' article. The shipment by the s.s. Tongariro, which arrived in London vwwly ' thia montli, sold at 7|d por lb. This U agreat stride, and should encourage the exporters to persevere and enlarge their operations. Such news, too, js cheering to the pastoralists of Australia, who now plainly see a reliable outlet for their surplus stock. "Fortunately, droughty seasons are the exception, not the rule. The time may not be far distant when fat stock of good quality 'will be again plentiful. With Great Britain as a market, the boiling-down pots may! beeast aside."
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 81, 18 December 1884, Page 2
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152Frozen Meat Trade Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 81, 18 December 1884, Page 2
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