Mr Duthie's Experiences at Home.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 301, 25 June 1895, Page 2

Mr Duthie's Experiences at Home.

(Per Press Association). Wellington, Juue 24. ' When Mr Duthie was at Home, in j conjunction with Messrs C. Pharazyn, ! G. Beetham, J. Bell, and Keeles, lie visited Messrs Nelson's stores to inspect the frozen meat, and the party drew up a sort of report. They found the market over-stocked and prices low, I the outlook being in their opinion very bad. In their opinion New Zealand mutton could not compare with English. The colour was pale, it was roughly butchered, and suffered a good deal from rough handling. The quality had fallen off, especially in Wellington sheep, but not so much in Napier and Canterbury raeat^ Lamb had deteriorated even ir.ore than mutton. They found that Queensland meat was sent in much better condition, and they had a practice, which has found favor, of cutting off shoulders and long ribs, and sending two hinds in one cloth. They consider, in order to improve the present state of things, that joint action is necessary to regulate the quantity put on the market, and the minimum price, and above all the quality must be improved. The party also visited the wool stores, but the only thing they found worthy of note was that buyers were disinclined to bid for small parcels, and in consequence the price for these is usually Id to lid below large lots. This appeared to them to be a heavy handicap on small settlers.