THE DEMAND FOR MEAT.

Motueka Star, Volume III, Issue 106, 19 August 1902, Page 4

THE DEMAND FOR MEAT.

sOnvilile: u "Wednesday’s- Wellihgt 1 qn u PB^t !i says :—' The 1 Male of Mtock- at Tohrikonville was red--1 by the presence *of Mr Webb, of Melbourne,-; * dealer, ,in stock,whpsc operatxpns; extend beyondj the borders 61 bis o.wn'.State, - ‘'Mr Webb is mak- s irfg his first visit to New Zealand; 1 in search (! df fat stdek td supply the■ -grept Aixstrahan iappetiteifort ahy operating thg JSiorth Island he has agents exploiting fhp South , Isiknd.'stock; 'Sales. Mr We'hb proved'-'at •mdt^opoiHs^ : I ■yesterday's sale, buying 46 head ot faticat ri! .tie,; only some. >2O rfhead being se,Ciired|by, i l^cal,d ( ealers, ThCj w.hich came chiefly frCm Hawkes Bay, 1 realised th'e highest prices yet pkid f6r nr ‘fatk r ‘ at jJdhriSonville/ thanks'to the presence iof iitrlie : (Victorian,, briber,- thaft h# was prepared , to purchase sop head of lat cattle in New ’ as 25s * pCr ! qidolb' waS secured vfm°prime beef at (yesterday, , The previous highest; ipricC; obtajiued at ; ter OTige during‘;me. past ’ has’ ‘/Been* arfd' me' sdmhier td hfo s. - twdeifer was>prCSent at yese . whc)i;;ha§ been pr regular., atj-^foc^^ sales, from .tfie earljesi aays pj declared -that; he', aid pot heriiebibef ‘ beef selling as : as* ‘2ss pfe'r übdlbeveirf f in Wellington’s 5 first <days-6f settlement; • v It is anticipated., thpjt_ the,, shortage jof .* fat sheep apd cattle wiljb continue in Aiasf tralia for some t'iirie yef, ovvlhg, ‘especiaHyV /to the sdarcfty { of feed in f Gippslari(l. !: New Zealand. Will be dratyur upon-.iby Sydney and Melbourne dealers, said one breeder, until the end pf.the if the rains ! do not;come spoh ip Australia the demand' witl extend intp next year, Tl)en, figain, •it is said by some of! the Victorian dealers novy in ou,r. polony that parly next year Australian breeders will be rdQpking. for • New Zealand ewes witH_whi- c h to replenish their flocks owing to the recent deciuiatjon of their flocks. ~ r ” 7. ' Mr Welib and another Australian dealer go on to the Napier sales; Mr McGowan, ot Sydney.:an influep.tial,dealer who operates throughout his State on a large scale, is working his way through this isi'a.iid frdrii the north ; altogether, it is said, there are eight or nine Australians operating in fat sheCp Or lat cattle, throughoutthnorth isl arid, and. thej e are others in the south island; also, some New Zealand firms are purchasing ni different parts of th'e r c6lony on behalf of New South Wales and Victotorian dealers. .-3.0 far as Wellington deab ers remember, this is the first occasion, upo.ii which Australians have cpme to New 1 Zealand to purchase fat stock.