EMBARGO MUST BE LIFTED.

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 25, 13 February 1937, Page 15

EMBARGO MUST BE LIFTED.

-Press ABaociation.)

Trade in Cfnlled Beef Hiadered EXPORT PRGSPECTS GQQP

(By Teleeraph-

AUCKLAND, Last Nighfc. The improved outlook for the New Zealqqd nm&t export trade was copi" taented on by Mr. T. A. Duncan, cb&irman qf the N6W Ze#land Meat ProducZrs' Board, wbq rqtuflied to Auckland by thq Rangitihi* Duncan and Mr. J. Fra#pr, gener-ai nmnqger of the , board, who accompaniad him, acted in mu advisory capacity with fhp Minister j ,®£ Marketing, Ben. W. Nash, dqring hia reqent diseussious with the. Rritish Government rega?diijg sqipplies of mpat for the Unite^ Kingdom markpt? "Negptiatioos Ijetween tiie twa Gqy•rnmenta wero practically convplete^ as ; far qaNew Zeyland wa? epncemed, be- ' fore wa left London, } 1 Mr- Duncan said, "but aa it is an officiql matte? X ara unable to giye any indicatiqn of &a | lesqlt or tp suggest future trends in th® meat export policy. An announcempnt will doubtless be made by the Governraent as soon as the position i# settled. Hawavqr, I can say that Mr. Nash handled the negatiations with the Bri? tish Governmcnt in an efficient maa' ner." Commenting on varlous aspects of tho meat export trade, Mr. Duncan paid there was still marked improvement in trade eonditions in Great Britain and. prospects for at ieast . the maintenanee of existing price levels for meat wero partieuiariy bright. ''The Dominion 's mutton and lamb trade iB in a very healthy state," Mr, Duncan continued. "Our larqb continues to rqceiye a sub? stantial premium over that of our copipetitor3 but if wp are to maintain this position, we must coutique to breed and fattefi fpr- • esport only the yery bp#t quality and \yhere &putbd.pwn r-qms ar§ nsed fpr croasing- tp, breed f#,t lamba, none bu.t tfee best shopld be enipioyed. Combined with gQpd crqsshred pwes, they give an ideql carcqse for the Eng? lish trade, "Qhilled beef from the Dominion continues to be well. 'received ift England gnd, is gaining wider popUlarity op account of its eatjng qualities, MftW* i ever, I suw some quartere which d;d not arrive in % satisfaetor-y oonditipn on account of the long voyage and lack of hnish be+ere slaughter., These defecta can be largely rpmedied, My opinjon ii that chiUed beef from finished daboy cattle doeg ppt etapd 1191 to the tong transit. uea»ly as succesa- 1 fnuy as that ffpm well fnisbed catfiatM 1 Mr, Duncan said ha had aeen at ' Smithfield markec chilled beef from tho Waikato ahow, It qrrived i? exqeUeht order and met with a good, Sftie but if conld not compare witll the apepiM Christmas display ahipped from the Argentine, The confQrmatipu of flew Zealand pattle appeared to be. much j more ifre^oilar. "I had fhe opportum j ity to taste this Waikato beef," Mr, I Duncan nddedj "and it a.te exceiientiy, ! 1 am sarft fh.at if wa breed gpod ahart- i legged, thick-fleshed type of cattle of gpbd quality and finich them well, wa Bhoijid ba m°?« *bi# to hoid aur own with our competitora, i Miipt Do §o»etMM AtWt mfyxtQ* "fh« jeffentaga Of eatfle in fhl | Domiaion whi«h aan b« wd for breed' j ing high ftuabty ebiilera is not iarge ' enoq|h and in my ajpihipa thia is on* reaspu wby wa ebould consid?? Eiting the fmbargd an the impprtatipR ef atwl «toch frqm §r#af Mtaia, wa mu#t reooggi*® tfeaf our coinpijSiiatl f?l *inually ftriving for improvfd. anaWtl i fia thair berdf*" J Tha pystam of quaraatina for #tud | stofh was discussed by Mr, Dnncan. H« j suggeste.d it wouid be po«ibla fO oyO?coma objaofions in ffew Zealand igainat the iifftsg of the ffipting embargo Qtt imported stock by extending fha quar■antine period in tfea JUominiqn, ^At pre-> jsenf stock could come through Au^trqlia, :but the oxtja coM was aa heiyy th*t |t nlmost pro.hibited importations fjom Great Britain, Thp Bfltish tp»§rantine regulations prior tp ex|.ort werf 'mo^t thorongh and there was np phanca what•ver of diseased beasts being permitted to leave England. "There is a good degl of dissafisfao tion amohg Dnglish gtud stock brpede^ over this matter," Mr. Duncan said, "and tho position shquld not be aUpwed to ppntinue. Gltiipateiy it may'pre-. judice us in our mpftt trade with Great Britain, X peraonally have po axe'to grind in the m.attpr and nm putting iorward my yie\vs purejy iq the intqregti oi Eew Zealand and the future of our meat trade." Mp. Duncan meutioned that Dr. A. j. M- aeiegtist at the gajniwidge Lotf Temperaturp ytatipn, had accompanied Mr. Jb'raser and hiniself to New Zealand with the obrjec| of carrying out further invedtigatiops into the carriage of chilled beef and other matters, jfigs «veu Oi, Diseussing the marhet prosppcts fpr pigS, Mr. Duncan " gaid hfew gealand porkers were well fhought of by the trade in Great Britpin and the gradjug "was satiMaotovy. Tho gaie of porkers wa# expftRdiag well gnd present free competitlOR tegothe? with the Meat Bo&?d'i ftdVertigjng, was havihg tho eifpot of ifl?fca§iwg epnsupjption, Howev§r, bftgpngr# epyld he. iru^roypd pa?'ticulafiy with regftfd t.Q preediug §ny seleetipu. ge had hPdfd eQiup|aint§ iu lyndon rpgardjng the pres§pce of too maay pVeriat shart pigs.