FROZEN MEAT IN SCOTLAND.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 111, 25 March 1897, Page 3

FROZEN MEAT IN SCOTLAND.

Mk Alkx. Bell, formerly of Rangitikei, writes to the Advocate from Glasgow, stating that since November last he has opened five more shops, mostly in the country towns, and so far they are a great success. He adds :—" I am now quite satisfied thttt there could be a very big market opened up for our meats in Scotland, if it is gone about in a right way. I find that there is not the prejudice against our meats that is generally talked about in hew Zealand. Of course the people in this country have in the past been so gulled by the River Plate meats being sold us New Zealand that they are hard to make believe that it is not River Plate I am telling. A great number of people have admitted to me that New Zealand meat is much better in every way. Then there is the opposition of Nelson and Sons or Eastmans, two large companies selling River Piute and American meats, yet where I have opened in any way close to any of their shops, I have simply taken thentrade away. I find that there is one great drawback with our meat iu this countty, and that is : That it is too fat for the Scotch people—that is, the middle and lower classes. They will not have it at all, not if you give it to them for nothing. They will not eat it, and I have to cut the fat off or they will not buy. With regard to the ftozen meat trade itself, what is needed is a frozen meat store erected on the River Clyde, and direct shipments from New Zealand lauded in the store. It is also necessary that the meat should be leaner—not so fat; in fact it would have to be specially selected for Scotland. lam going up to London this week to have an interview with the Agent-General for New Zealand over this meat question, as I have a great many discoveries to put before him."