MEAT POOL BOARD.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1922, Page 5

MEAT POOL BOARD.

LONDON OFFICE OPENED. MR. JESSEP’S NEGOTIATIONS. London, July 21. Mr. J. S. Jessep, vice-chairman of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, has been for some weeks in very close touch with the Port of London Authority, and with the shipping companies trading to New Zealand, and he is very hopeful that substantial reductions will be made which will enable the New Zealand growers to show a better return for their produce.

On behalf of the Producers’ Board, he has taken offices in Lincoln’s Inn. These are very conveniently situated in relation to the Smithfield markets and to the great body of trading concerns who deal with New Zealand meat. Mr. Jessep has been pointing out that the present low prices paid for New Zealand mutton are apparently unwarranted by the supplies likely to come to hand, and he has emphasised the point that practically the whole of the New Zealand meat will be shipped from the Dominion during this month. His representations to the Port of London Authority have been along the lines of showing that the high storage charges in the cold stores here make it very expensive for holders to keep mutton back, consequently it is difficult to regulate supplies on the market. On top of the already high storage charges, an extra surcharge of 33 1-3 per cent, is laid on every parcel of meat of under 100 carcases. This penalty, of course, will largely disappear if the New Zealand growers cut out the small contingents.