STATE MEAT SHOPS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1680, 1 March 1917, Page 2

STATE MEAT SHOPS.

.SUCCESS IN AUCKLAND. “The Auckland State meat shops are going on very well,” said the Hon. \\. D. S. MacDonald on Tuesday. “Up till the present the experiment has been very salisfac r lory. One result has been that other shops have brought down their prices to the level at which they stood in January, when the increases were made which caused the Government to take act n. The butchers have now brought down their prices to the January level, excepting only the prices for certain special cuts. Generally, however, the Auckland butchers’ prices are still id or Id per lb. higher than (hose of the Government meat* shops.

‘‘Two members of the Hoard of Trade have been in Auckland, and they will report to me on the meat business there when they return to Wellington. They are leaving Auckland to-day for Wellington via Gisborne, where they are going to try to arrange to have the Gisborne butchers supplied with meat from the freezing works.”

(Several eases of measles and mumps are reported locally. The Queen of the South, from Wellington with a general cargo, is duo this evening. The vital statistics for Foxton for the month of February are: Births 8, deaths 1, marriage certificates issued nil. A number of local men called up in the recent ballots were examined by tlie Medical Board at Palmerston yesterday. The recent rainfall has given the grass a fresh start throughout this district, and feed is now plentiful, with resultant increase in the milk supply. The engagement is announced of Mr J. P. Rodie, son of Mr J. A. Rodie, stationmaster at Hawera, and late of Eoxton, and Miss It a. Parley, eldest daughter of Mr J. C. R. Parley, late of Hunterville, but now of Wanganui. A seaman named Simpson, belonging _to the steamer Ngatiawa, while bathing oil! Ohiwa, Auckland, last night, disappeared. At the same time a scream was heard. It is believed that he was taken by a shark. Foxton was well represented at the Patriotic (Sports held in Mr Hammond's property at Oroua Downs yesterday, and they spent a most enjoyable time. A full report of the sports will appear in our next issue. The meteorological particulars for Foxton for the month of February are as follow: Rain fell on 8 days, the maximum fall, .80 occurring on the 3rd; the total for the month was 2.50 inches, compared with .38 inch for the corresponding month of last year. Mr Osborne senr. will have reached 01 years of age on the 20th of this month. The old gentleman paid us a. visit this morning, having walked a distance of halt a mile. Although the weight of years is beginning to press upon him, he is marvellously cheerful, and enjoys comparatively good health. The Patriotic Shop will be open as usual on Saturday, and will be ntider the charge of Mrs Kellow and Miss Signal. The first consignment of Motueka apples will be on sale, and a handsome toilet box will be disposed of by means of a, competition that is being arranged.