MAINLY ABOUT MEAT.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1922, Page 8

MAINLY ABOUT MEAT.

ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM OVERSEAS. CANADIAN CHILLED BEEF. Palmerston North, Jan. 10. The following items of interest arctaken from Cold Storage of November 17, a copy of which was to hand by the last mail: — In view of the success of recent shipments of Canadian chilled beef to England, stockmen in the Western Provinces are anxious to establish a direct trade with the Mother Country, instead of sending cattle to Toronto to be slaughtered and chilled there With that' object in view, they recently approached Mr. Beatty, president of the Central Pacific Railroad, who replied that his company would willingly provide transport for chilled meat, but he believed that there was considerable difference of opinion as to the most advantageous method of shipping meat to England.

FROZEN REINDEER MEAT. The Canadian Government is faking steps to build up an export trade in reindeer meat. As a preliminary to improving the immense stock of reindeer and caribou in the far north, 700 head of reindeer have been purchased in Denmark for domestication with indigenous animals on the barren lands, and it is proposed later on to form a company to supply the world with frozen meat from this source.

AN ARGENTINE JUDGMENT. The Federal Court at La Plata has pronounced judgment in an. potion brought agianst the Frigorifico Swift for alleged defraudation of the Customs. It was affirmed that his company had been shipping larger quantities of produce than figured in the ships’ manifests, and that in many cases ii described as “offal” by-products of a more valuable character. A Federal Judge of First Instance found that there had been no defraudation. but condemned the company to pay 6000 dollars gold, plus interest, in respect of an inaccurate classification. Now the Federal Court, lias revoked the sentence and ordered the company to pay double duties. The Swift Company is appealing to the National Supreme Court. MOTOR TRACTION.

Meat importers have found a panacea in motor traffic, and, indeed, they find it cleaner and more efficient in every way. Petrol motors for long journeys are" loaded between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. at the London stores, and the goods are delivered at the depots in time for an early trade, whereas, by rail,'goods have to be dispatched a day earlier. This is a great concession. There is every evidence of a need for improvement in railway circles before the companies will see a return of some of the lost traffic.

IMPORTATION OF LIVE CATTLE. A cautious reference to the question of admitting Canadian store stock into the Old Country was made at Taunton by Sir A. Griffith-Bosca wen, Minister of Agriculture. He said that the production of live, stock was a considerable part of English farming, and anything likelv to interfere with that would have serious results on agriculture generally. To him the position was one of great difficulty, and he asked the farmers to have confidence in his doing his best for agriculture when the question,came before the Cabinet and Parliament. His policy was to get fair treatment lor agriculture.