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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 134, 30 October 1914, Page 7

China is starting as a rival to Australia as a beef-exportinsr country. ReIrigeTatwl steamers are shortly to be put, on tiic rouie between Pun Francisco and Tientsin for the purpose of earnin£ beef to the United S atep. The Shantung am! FTonan provinces of China !t: ( . noted for tile quality of the liocf produced, and these will lie the chief sources tapped for the export beef supply. At the present time the Chines; firms are quoting a very low price for their meat, which, if continued, will undoubtedly a!Tect the Australian mar ki;t. Tile boats will abo carry Siberian bi'.ttir, which is claf-.seil as of excellent quality. The following extract from ilie American Meat Trade Journal i« intfrc?iina:— I '"The quality of this Chinese i:eef compares, according to statements male by Use veterinary of the American troops jtationeil at Tientsin, very favorablv Iv 'itb the Australian beef, while the Russian authorities prefer it by far to the latter. It is probable that the United States troops m the Philippine,, will be supplied with Chinese beef durins; ihe coming year, as negotiations to that efTect are at present. b-.'in<r carried on with the Government. The Tientsin firm quotes prises at a much lower figure Mian the market has offered heretofore. and a live price-cutting will ensue if the latest enterprise is given impetus. The refrigerating steamer Guthrie, operated by the Tientsin firm, is at present doing an extensive bujinesri with Vladirostock and Nikolaievsk,"