PATAGONIAN MEAT PURCHASE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3414, 19 February 1920, Page 2

PATAGONIAN MEAT PURCHASE.

_~\_ London uabl(-gjrarn received last \\'\‘(‘k-Ullll. sfzltvd that the British Gov-

entmmlt havl pm'clmsL‘«l the whole of ‘rho l.’al'a;runian nmut output .-\latol'lxlC::.x~ago I'oCci\'ml tlwough Thu Australian-New Zealand C‘21l)lo Association. reucls:—~“Wllilu the Board of 'l‘r:ulc I'ofllscs to give iletails of the 1-’a‘.ogonian moat purchase, 'lnlporl'ors mlg‘:lgod in the Dominion trade lISSCYIZ that it means thaf 1,250,000 calrasos of mutton will be added to the already congested stocks in Britain. The Globe says that traclers believe the Government's t'l'esll pul'cll:lse is intc-nd-ml to yield :1 profit‘ suf‘ficicn!t to balance. the losses in(*url'e(l on L“:11’ll\'Tl‘ moat con-tl-acts. Tl1ou{:l1 the market. is». glutted, prices c.ontinuo to bo absm‘dl_)' high. The trade illtends to aglain u'l'g‘(~- Ml‘ T.loyd George to Sane-fion the abolition of Control.”

The matter was mentioned to the. Prime Minister last evening‘. “The information does not? come quite aé :1 surmise,” he said. “but the output !there is Very Small as compared with the An.~'tl‘;llian aml New Zeal-anrl output.” As to the glut wt’ meat on the ly‘ll_t_l*lish market, Mr Massey said it could really be accounted for by ‘the fact that. there was a shortage of fodder in 'l'lng*land. This resulted in the farmi(‘TS having ditfieulty in feeding their battle, and the consequence was that they l'USll0(i them ‘to the markets and a glut was the outcome. ‘ In Coutinerital e,mmt.ries. he said, there is a trememlous meat shortage.