BRITISH TRADE

Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1932, Page 3

BRITISH TRADE

THE FOOD SUPPLY. LONDN, , June 9. It is interesting to note i.o\v the various overseas versely represented on tlie- Jlritioi. market at ciiirerent permdsfc, jof Lie year witn luisce’iiaueouu produce. Any ordinary ineimier oi the pub'iu ii.ig.iu oe roiguen lor ueiii 0 at a luos to reply, 'it asked, which Lritish Doi.ilnloll .v» cvS, tor llistaiicc,. j.iiiLHjt WlCifc.j

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•e. ..i jLiie present trine. I'. noveirieo are' taken into consideration, tooui.. Airiija,, nijijght, deceive t..,e panu. Apart irom usury pro<iqce,;,f[tiiU oino.ij, of Sou ill ,-iias' a iiiiir.j> , w of produce on oiieH. rn London juet now. inis: range includes •neriiio lamb carcases and ..p.qHgu.n ~ggs. Aierdre giving a special,,,w,Oid on iliese two unusuai iteins,none must .dler to the ever-incyeggng‘. and widening display, of fruits r.aIBBJW wnieri Soutu Airica is finding a. /Tprofitable niaiitet in the Home Country' in tlie early months of the yeaiv.'i.>South Afrit can grapes, of three or , .four.- leading classes, are now : regularly to ,be . sec., in all the leading London'bshops at prices ranging from lOd :to i:3s ‘6d per pound, according .to .quality:' L<eior.c the \yar -the carriage, of; grapes;! under cool storage from • the ttiCape Jwas .. hazardous .proceeding but ; tnow. i . the wastage;;-.seems.-.infinitesimal, j and. by up-torpate packing andLdooli'ng • metnods ail the:.grap.ee . seem ; <-fio: ; arrive , without .that wasted ap-peartincd af •the. point; where .the; fiiiitmeets the ilalk, . Then-there are tlie'fifitius varieties,'.'including the peaches, apricots, and. nectarines, while grapefruit and .oranges are other profitable features, to say nothing of the more special fruits, mangoes, etc. The developing trade in fruit from South' 7 'Africa, lids been greatly helped by tiie pre-coblin;} stations erected at three of the, prill cipal ports at the Cape, and the car j bestowed on the collecting, packing! and shippng .arrangements. . “ j SOUTH AFRICAN CHILLED BEE ! AND LAMBS. • -’7'M After- the first of the 1 two | ~iK.nts- of chilled beef which Came fPod.' South Africa to London last-' fiiblith,' via Southhampton, the second j parte; of Aberdeen-Angus crossed- 1 -’-beej;' ■slaughtered under--the cooling arrange nientsc devised iii the vessel frith;-thr assistance of scientist-engineers 'em , ployed ifej- the Union Government ; turned out in the same excelfent 1 ,“ o j over better, condi]tj(on 'charitciefisin j, the’ first trial. The meat- isolcl r ' l .mi -Smit-hfield at only a halfpenny 1 'of si 1 less ins price than Argentine : ; ;regiila j marketings. Later still has conic' :

‘"'mail parcel of lamb carciikfes,' j ton condition from the Cape,' and these •;oo had a thoroughly good • ?on Sniitlifidd.. Their type, : howevetj ;is not’ the best suited to the £on 3 doi, ‘’trade,, being of merino extraction, :Vnd less welcome as. butcher’s mea than the much-prized Southdowi. cross. South Africa, however, is no ihaware" of the market’d heeds, am lie news comes that fairly larg group of Cape. Midlands farmers have ppointed a committee to. collect.; jiatfi vn the early possibilities of establishing a regular export. One of their mi.rp i ;er has reported to other Cape grpyi’-j ers • that the English market cpulc'j asily absorb another million carcase;! from South Africa, .ip addition tp : ..th<j . eventeen mil Jon lambs now annually imported. Apparently theto Oversea Farmers’ Co-operative' Federaipns Ltd.,. Association of ' JolinnesLurg, i 1 oked to as the avenue . tlirpiigh'; whit' this trade would ..flows; ItO'i'sFstate that the Union Castle Shipping Con, pany are sympathetic,? and'have quote cold storage rates comparing-qfavou ably with those ■.from.-';.. Apsralia an . *>ew for jm .portip g. wi 11 po s fc. !: f he So titJiK .if A fri.ca n from twenty-five' .to fifty. >guipeas •• head, and about eight poundsefreighi , age each. The suggestion has; beemade that some: New toi. Zealand land a ponsignmentv;,hound fc Jjondon, might be landed '.at:Cap Totvn, and exhibited tber.a'iati som of thevagt'iculturnl shows,.'3d *indicat ; what is to he aimed ,at. PENGUINS’ EGGS. London is hard to startle .with fpo'l ' .novelties, and little noticeha§; been taken of the recent establishment';--yl , repeated and quite large consignment-. , of penguin eggs to the metropolis under ■’ cooled storage from Penguin Island, o'T the Cape. Apparently, the eggs' •* are gathered during April, May, and June shipped to Cape Town, only fifty miles away, being held at a temperature 1 of about 37deg. Fahr., until ‘they reach their marketing destination. The egg is larger and rounderncthan a duck s eggs, and tastes similar)to : a plover-egg. They are sealing wholesale at 6s per dozen, and are said to contain a larg'amount of organic phosphorus. They •require baling for from twenty to twenty-five minutes for the table. ■

BONELESS MEAT. • ' It was geveailed in the House of Coav. mons last month that th e regulations are to be .stiffened .up reg4i i dmr'thF'iin' portation of boneless meats into thi? country. There are always those who are on the watch to make food importation mor. e difficult in favour -of the Home grower. Apparently the Minis try of Health has been impressed.awLbe alleged necessity of requiring stronger assurance ’ from the producerend' as to the origin of boneless 'inert consignments. Last month, in answer to a question in Parliament, Sir Hilton Young,' speaking on behalf of the Mm* istry of Health, said that the on’y sat-

is factory way of ascertaining that nieiu was 'free from disease was by inspe> tion of the whole carcase at '.he time of slaughter, in- view of this the Government proposed to amend the Imported Food Regulations so'as to require 'an official certificate of inspection with any imported meat less than the whole of the carcase, Notic e of th coming into force of this proposed amendment will doubtless appear iri due course. -