NEW ZEALAND MEAT

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVI, Issue 4808, 9 February 1925, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND MEAT

EXTENDING TRADE TO EUROPE.

ANOTHER SHIPLOAD FOR GENOA.

“The Soard is doing everything it can to extend the trade in New Zealand frozen meat on the Continent (states a recent report supplied by the Meat Producers’ Board to the New the Meat Producers' Board to the N.Z. Farmers’ Union), and was recently successful in arranging with the shipping companies for a further steamer to load frozen meat in New Zealand for Genoa, The s.s. Gallic will load about the middle of March at ports where sufficient inducement offers. The freight rate has been fixed for this steamer at 15-16 d per lb for pork, beef (including boneless beef), and veal. This rate is l-16d per lb less than that charged for the previous steamer which loaded for Genoa, The quantity to be shipped in the Gallic

Win bring the total shipments to 'Genoa to approximately 1,205,000 freihgt carcases.

“Shipments of frozen meat (states the report) are also being made to Hamburg, and in dealing with applications for shipping space the Board gives special consideration to these Continental shipments. Including the applications for March, the total shipments arranged this season'for Hamburg so far amount to approximtaely 65,000 freight carcases.

“A small trial shipment of veal and

pork was recently sent forward to ’ Genoa by the Board, with a view to tasting the possibilities of this market for these products.

“The Board is also endeavouring to remove the embargo at present existing in respect to the entry of boneless beef into Belgium. The Board’s London manager recently discussed the matter with commercial representatives at Belgium, and later has taken the subject up with the High Commissioner for New Zealand, who will in turn take it up officially with the Belgian Government, with a view to seeing whether a commercial treaty with Belgium might be. entered into

on the same lines as one lately completed between Canada .and Belgium. There should be a demand in Belgium for this class of meat, as..the Belgians prefer lean meat.”

; Special mention is made in the report of the board’s continued effort to further the pork industry. A further reduction was secured in freight rates recently, pork being reduced from Id •to %d per lb and, bacon from l%d to Id per lb. It is stated that special consideration is given to all applications for shipping space which is required for pork/so as to ensure that all pork available maybe shipped when required. The board fully recog- ’ nise-s that if the pork industry is to be developed, shipments must arrive on the Home market during the -months when the. pork is required.

The board’s supervising graders have also been specially instructed to attend to the grading of. pork at the works which are killing for export