FROZEN MEAT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXII, Issue 9024, 11 December 1907, Page 3

FROZEN MEAT.

Press Association. Auckland, December 10.Owing to tho lateness of the spring tho oxporfc season in the Auckladu frozen moat trade has teen very much delayed. Up to this time last year thousands of quarters of beef had been shipped home. In fact, throughout October the shipments of beef from Auckland were exceedingly large. This was perhaps to a certain extent due to the fact that a freight war was then on betweon the shipping companies, and it was a farthing per lb cheaper to consign frozen meat to the Home markets. So far this season there has not boen a single shipment of beef. Freights are up, prices are up, and the blight was sucli that there was no winter feed on which to carry stock over. Before Christmas last year 7000 lambs had been shipped to England. This season there will not be 1000. Nevertheless, in the opinion of Mr Stringer, secretary of tho Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company, the season will be a good one, though vory late.