NEW ZEALAND MUTTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1918, 18 February 1885, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND MUTTON.

Ir Rii article condemnatory of- t-hg exgesgiye qljapges made.by the middlemen—i.e., the salesmen and the retailers—a Well-inforntecl journal remarks, apropos of the fact that last yep 400,000 carcases qf New Zealand frozen meat have been it}trqdnced in London The question may be asked, "What beqomesof all this meat? It is npt, as a rule, sold openly by butchers, If a ppchager asks for New Zealand mutton at a butcher's he is informed they never keep it, although, at the samo time 20 or 30 carcases may be hanging up in the back Bliop, to be retailed to purchasers as prime Dartmoor, gr me other well-known kind of mutton, at prices varyjng qcgprding to the purses qf the consumers, from Is to Is ?d per lb for saddles and legs, the prime cost being under 6d per lb, This deception can be, and is, very generally practised, because the quality of tho moat is of the best character. ' The disappearance of tho half million of New Zealand sheep that have apparently melted into air isthuß accounted for; and those who know how to recognise this meat by its dark rich tint, and the somewhat purplish color the cut surface has after exposure to the atmosphere, see enough in tho London shops to have no doubt upon the subject." j