MEAT INDUSTRY.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 December 1925, Page 4

MEAT INDUSTRY.

All! DKIUD ON fti K I'Utt.SPKrt S. At UK LAND.' Nov. dll. V> lieu he was at Home, Alt' d. 1. X. Drigg, of 1 .ongdieaea, purchased several very tine stud .Soul Intow n sheep, but owing, lo the ukase of the New Zealand Agricultural ! teparlmeni, ho < uiih 1 tl,iL get them into me Dominion, and had to let them go lo other buyers. One ram wa- a puruculnrly well-ored animal, and tile Kiel that he was leased on behalf ol the King slums what was thought of him. New Zealand is frightened of tool and mouth disease, which has broken out again in the Did (.’oilutry. Mr Drigg, who came back l.y the Buetnuea this morning, said lie had talked with a number of old shepherds at the IJoyal Show . and they told him they had never known sheep to gel .Mr Origg does ml intend rclimposhing tds intention in import some liigai lass Southdown* to improve his Hocks, and says he will merely lane to wait lint iI tiie gales are open and they can he brought into the Dominion. Speaking of the prospects oi New Zealand meat in London, Air Drigg. win, i- a member of the .Meal Board, -aid that New Zealand lamb was growing mole and more popular every day. Lighi-weight and medium-weight lambs were vvlial was wauled, as people preferred them to heavy-weights. Asked what lie thought ot the prospects ol beef. Air (drigg said he c-nild la.; give aie, iobaaiatioo until lie had reported to I lie .Mi at Board, hut per--omillv lie i hiiiigh ii would remain steady. .1 'billed be.'l f No. he dl l ICC appro', e ol il a- tar as New Zealand was mm el lied. It wti* essential, in dealing chilled I eel. that it should he di-trihuted immediately Ir.mi the ship. V,!li‘|T , ;l’t will! tkl* I I 11 HitlClf t' 1 ‘' • ~ ; |.. jij j, . lime. NfU Z'.-abi !i(! l»I *: • t had io 0.0 ii VI V bum. way. and he |..!1 t!i;ii vve must rely on freezing and ne: on -'lulling'. Gwasxmm tu&jratxsn