Live Cattle Trade.
(Pci* Press Association.) London, April 28. The Customs authorities put a stop to the landing of the Banfishire's sheep pending instructions from the Board of Agriculture. This action was taken in consequence of the ves3el having touched at Los Palruas. April 29. The Bnnffsh ire's sheep have been landed, and will be killed at Deptford. During the last two years the American live cattle supply has docreased by a quarter of a million head, and it is expected that there will be a rapid decline in shipments during the next six months. Melbourne, April 29. "With the view of testing the Japanese market, Mr Taverner, Minister of Public Works, is arranging to sencl a trial shipment of live stock and fruit, Sydney, This Day. At a meeting of Riverina Frozen Meat Company the chairman said he had chartered a steamer capable of carrying 750 head of live cattle, and it was intended to thoroughly test the trade on a large scale. He also mentioned that Australian tinned meats were rapidly forcing their way into favor in England to the exclusion of the American article.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 254, 30 April 1895, Page 2
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