SLAUGHTTRING INDUSTRY.

Taihape Daily Times, 1 November 1917, Page 4

SLAUGHTTRING INDUSTRY.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES During the hearing yesterday of a number of appeals on behalf of slaughtermen before the Third Military Service Board in Wellington some interesting figures were presented to the Board by Mr M. J. Reardon concerning the slaughtering industry. “For the first three months of this year,” said Mr Reardon, “the number of cattle slaughtered in New Zealand Was 957,791; sheep, lambs 1,770,442, The approximate number of slaughtermen employed was including 252 Australian slaughtermen. A beef team usually consists of three men, and as at least 33 works employ one team or more, this accounts for 99 men, leaving for mutton 695 New Zealand slaughtermen. On a basis of 70 working days, the number slaughtered worked out at sheep and lambs per day, an average per man of 71 It may be argued that on these figures the task is possible, but it is obvious that in practice it would be quite impossible to carry this out. No allowance is made in my figures for time lost by slaughtermen who may be off through accident or for lost time in moving from one works to the other.”