NEW ZEALAND'S MEAT PRICES

Taihape Daily Times, 17 January 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND'S MEAT PRICES

NOT EXPLOITING MOTHER COUNTRY. Received 11 a.m. LONDON, January 10. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, speaking at the Cold Storage Ice Association, said there was an impression the Dominions were exploiting the consumers in the Mother Country in connection with food prices. This was unjustified. New Zealand's meat contract was fixed at the same price as in 1916 in order to enable the meat to be retailed considerably below the present prices, which were Is to 2s for mutton and Is 7d for lamb. The British authorities explain they were sometimes paying Is Id for American meat. It was never New Zealand's intention to sell her meat at a low price in order that big prices be paid for American.