KEEP SHIPS LOADED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 November 1939, Page 3

KEEP SHIPS LOADED

AN APPEAL TO FARMERS. I EARLY KILLING URGED BY BOARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) : WELLINGTON. This Day. The serious position which will be created if overseas vessels due to load during the next few weeks are not fully loaded, was discussed at a meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board yesterday. The board draws the attention of all farmers in the North Island to the situation which will occur if later on they are unable to get their stock killed because of lack of shipping tonnage. In a statement the board says it must be im- - pressed on farmers that they should make every endeavour io continue the usual practice for the deliveries of .early lambs and sheep to the freezing works; otherwise some of the tonnage available awaiting to lilt our meat may have to be diverted elsewhere. Having regard to the experiences of the last war over the congestion in the freezing stores in the various works, the board has given consideration to see if it- is possible to avoid a repetition of this trouble. -Arrangements have been made for ships not only to empty the freezing stores of all last season’s surplus, but also to take the usual new seasons kill of early lamb and mutton,’’ the board states. “On no account must these vessels depart only partly loaded. and this is a matter to which all freezing companies. operators and farmers must give the most serious consideration to see that all ships which have been provided to take the early killings of lamb and mutton are fully loaded. In doing this, farmers may avoid disappointment over getting their stock away later on through lack of shipping tonnage." -The board points out that with regard to dry ewes, it would help the position materially if ewes not intended for future breeders be sent along to the freezing works as quickly as possible and thus relievo the position later on. Apart from our own domestic problems in respect to storage, there is an obligation on farmers to help the British Government, by continuing as far as possible the normal flow of meat shipments to the United Kingdom."