EXPORT OF MEAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 August 1921, Page 4

EXPORT OF MEAT.

CLEARING SMART ROAD WGRK3L PAST SEASON’S SHIPMENTS. From present indications the Taranaki Farmers’ Meat Company will have their works at Smart Road cleared of all the past season’s output before killing commences again toward# the end of this year. This must be regarded a# a satisfactory feature, when it is considered that the season opened with about 51,000 freight earcases carried over from 1920.

The next shipment from Smart Road is to be sent by the Durham, which is due to load at New Plymouth about the middle of Auguat, and the vessel will take 15,000 freight caroa#es of meat, made up of: Mutton 7000 freight carcases; lamb 750 freight careases; beef 2600 quarters. The company will therefore have shipped this season up to the Durham loading, 53,481 carcases of mutton, 30,923 carcases of lamb, and 3,850 quarter# of beef, in ail a total of 88,000 freight carcase#. In addition 800 casks of tallow, 500 boxes of beef and other minor sundries have also been despatched to the English market. The company have sent to New York 290 cask#

of tallow and 60 casks of pelt#, and to Boston 301 cask# of pelts. After the Durham’s loading the quantity of meat remaining in the work# will be about 32,500 freight carcases. It id hoped to despatch this in two equal shipments in September and October, or, in three consignments spread over tlw intervening neriod till November, by which time the works should be cleared.