A FEMALE ADVOCATE FOR AUSTRALIAN MEATS.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1020, 8 November 1872, Page 3

A FEMALE ADVOCATE FOR AUSTRALIAN MEATS.

In many of the towns of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Durham, large indignation meetings have been held to protest against the exorbitant prices demanded for butchers meat of all hinds. Among the speakers at tho Gateshead gathering, which comprised 300 to 400 orderly and decently dressed women, was a young woman possessed of great energy and eloeutionary power, and whoso racy remarks produced a deep impression upon the audience. Mrs Foggin, on being gallantly handed to the platform amidst the cheers of her many admirers, expressed ber great obligations to all present for the respect they had shown towards her, and assured them that if they only listened to what they said, and did what she told them, they would do a very wise thing in the interests of their husbands and their families. It had been said there were not sufficient to supply England with, and therefore she urged them all to patronise the country that could best remedy the deficiency, and promised them a great treat us a reward for their trouble. (Loud applause.) She hoped none of the women would go away scoffing and laughing at their meeting, but that they would adhere to their resolve to try the Australian mutton. If they got a 21b tin to-day, and cooked it Recording to the directions, she would I that when t!ie pay day came K\nd they would go in for one twice the size. (Laughter.) " Dr" Tallerman had assisted many a workingman's family, and satisfied many a craving heart, and hence she hoped the people ifould try to do hiua good also by purchasing his tins of beef and mutton. (Laughter and applause.) It was her intention to hold a meeting in the Borough-gardens shortly which she hoped to see well attended, as she irould then not only let them see the meat cooked, but would try to furnish them with a taste of it as well. She would do this, even though she paid for it out of her own pocket, because knew that if the Gateshead women jcould once become acquainted with [the flavor of Australian meat, they jvould be sure to go on using it exteniirely. (Hear, hear, and applause.) In selecting their meat, however, they bust be sure to get the tins which pore Mr Tallerman's name. After spelling out the name for the benefit M those who could not rend, the speaker hoped they would all write it |!own in their insides and keep it there. (Laughter) If they could hot think of the name even id that ray, they should think of a tallow randlc —(roars of laughter)—for if they only just looked at the caudle, fnd then at the man they could not j;pt far wrong. (" Gan at her my m" and roars of laughter.) She toped ther would buy none without pe funny name on the front; and die further hoped, when the meat was done they would all give the children the tins to play with. (Laughter) They would make good drums, and fere quite worth 6d as playthings. (Renewed laughter.) As they could | ..Din Australian mutton for Gd and lie beef for 7d, it was much better than hard chops for Is; while the tin meat tad the additional advantage of being quite free from bone. (Hear, Hear.) ihe urged the women to cease purposing bony meat, and to buy their fellow clay balls in some other way. (Laughter.) The butchers of Gatesbad had given some of them a nice ickling—(renewed laughter)— hut if they now resolved to go in for Australia meat, and to save their money in tat way, they would soon have suffiient funds to buy yellow clay that tould serve for a lifetime. If any of tern feared to leave the butchers Bcause they were in debt, she would rinse them to abandon the idea. She Jould herself give the first shilling towards paying off any of their bills ffld after that they could go weekly sith the sum saved on the canister aeat and pay towards the reduction f their account. (Great applause.) la fact, in all cases where the bill was at more than £2, she would promise I have it cleared off if they would |ly use the Australian meat until the I 'ices of our own butcher meat were wered. (Applause.) In conclusion, ie proposed—" That we, the women [ Gateshead, pledge ourselves to ipport and keep up tho movement of b Australian meat until such times I the prices of our markets is