New Zealand Lamb.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 4052, 15 May 1900, Page 4

New Zealand Lamb.

1 A Valuable Suggestion. Mr Cameron, New Zealand Gov- ; eminent Produce Commissioner, refer- ' ring to New Zealand lamb says:— While in Liverpool I was particularly ) pleased to notice a new feature in . connection with the distribution of ■ New Zealand lamb. At the large . grocery warehouse of Messrs Cooper i and Co., [ observed two large win- ■ dows filled with carcases of New ; Zealand lamb, most attractively dis- [ played, with large posters announcing > their sale. I had a long interesting ■ conversation with the manager conf cerning this. . . He had resolved at the beginning of the season to give this'meat a trial as a specialty—and had given a trial order for ten lambs. 1 These had met with such favour 1 from* his customers that he at once . gave a repeat order for double the number, and at the time of my visit his output had been 100 lambs for the week. Having no butchering department he specialises the New Zealand lamb, and only supplies customers’ orders in quarters. He informed me that he had every confidence from what he could see that when the lamb season was in full swing he would be able to turn over 250 per week. . . . Eight thousand circulars advertising the lamb had been sent out to the customers at the beginning of the season, and when I called the clerks were busy typewriting an additional 25,000 for distribution. The prices charged are —for forequarters sid per lb, and for hindquarters 7d. The same firm Mr Cameron writes, intended at the end of the lamb season to specialise New Zealand mutton in a similar manner, and the Commissioner adds :—“ Considering that the two main outputs of frozen meat from New Zealand are mutton and lamb, 1 am inclined to think that it is worth a considerable effort to try and effect, if possible, the distribution of these two classes of meat by highclass provision houses as a speciality in a similar manner to that being . done by Messrs Cooper and Co. in I Liverpool. Customers could then ■ send their orders for a quarter of i mutton or lamb along with their order ' for groceries. . . . The fact that I the meat is only retailed in quarters 1 insures the merchant against loss, I either in weight or from waste. The 1 Agricultural Department at Wei- 1 lington might submit this for the 1 consideration of the various freezing i companies throughout New Zealand.” I