Frozen Meat.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 89, 18 March 1885, Page 4

Frozen Meat.

.' I'lie .iDunodin. .Emniu.ij- 'Jhrnld says: — A subject of imporianct to aH: .those; eu^igecl jn thtyfrnieh meat' mdustvy and one which is irouolit with interest to the ■colony' a,t.;lavge,i has j iisb' -rl^eiii brought' iiif'der our r«i<ce. Our alien t'on has been direcled to. a letter vcr:eiyed by the last ma' 1 1 iVom Scotlimdj' m wbich- ti father wni ing i Oi his.-.son, a youngsettler m thispvovinciat^siiict. has some.hing.to say rel alive to our exjjoried nn'ttoiv .After deal ; ng jwith the favDiing !and.; ; comoq«Vcici.r jivospecis m the Old ConnfT.y, the w'r'uer .goes on to remark : : ■„. -"i { have ij'nst dined off a joint oK your. New iZealand .roz.cn mu Lion, andrl can 'safely asseit that I; have never eaten' .Wore delicious; meat. You will be | astonished:. to learn,., however, that I paid no less -a. sum. -than'; 13d per 1b for it,"'' Npw,;:when :wd take into consideration .the fact i.bat the pricey realised VDV sotiiiD time back, exceeded .si r; -it" seems m- 1 crei.iaWe .ihat 13d(,per lb should be ask^fl.in- SeoLland.. /It is ov'ly reasonable to ass;u,mo \ fchat some of- the dealers, wholesale and i< retail, a^t .?loine ;a.ve realising: unfair i^ofiis. This is .a;.^x)a>ber :|which requires looking into, if ,we w,ish : the industry ta- prosper,^ It is;.,qu'«,2;. i right ; that the exporter sbpuld. obtain the high-, est price he- can get, in .the London market, l>ut. care; .ahoixld; fee takenthat the ..consuiTier.is -not imposed upon. If,..New-.:'Ze'a]ad(£,pi;Utton: can- ■ not be he'd m Scotland; ifor less 1 than". • l.r'kl per. lh, lh,e. const] niiption li> that ..part of. the il Jni.ted Ivingdom wijl not • reach;, to ; the prop,or,tions we could wish. Therme < in us t,. tie < a., screw joose,, , spiiiewhoie.. m ; cipnneeuipiv witli the frozen mutton thade,; and the syoner* it is. ; adj-usj;t}di-ithe.;:be£i;ei(:" will iit be for the exporter and ,the consumer.