Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884. FROZEN MEAT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 275, 17 October 1884, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1884. FROZEN M EAT.

Australia is apparently jealous of the manner m which the frozen meat iudustry is being pushed forwlard by this colony- The last Australasian to hand says : — " New Zealand seems to be doing its best to glut the frozen meat market m England, . During last July nearly 48,000c wt. of mutton was imported m the United Kingdom, and of that no l.ss than 86,341 cwt. came from New Zealand. During the corresponding month m last year "only 84l6cwt. of mutton was received from tha^ colony. Of the total quantity of mutton 44,701 cwt. was imported m London, 1464cwt. into Liverpool, and 1294cwt. into Harwich." Surely our contemporary does not seriously mean; to say that the above consignments, among a population of thirty millions, could possibly cause a glut ? Of course the increase is heavy compared . with former years, but then we hope that trade will grow larger as the prejudice against it is overcome, and when once it makes -_itft_WJiy_in£<X.all-thli lpb/ling n\t\cka_o£. dome we may anticipate a still greater export.