COMMERCIAL NEWS
FROZEN MEAT TRADE. PRODUCERS’ BOARD REPORTThe New Zealand Meat Producers Board has received the following cable from the London Office, dated Mar. 14, advising that the following are the ap* proximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market and/or ex London stores: — Mutton. N.Z. Sheep, Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes: 481 b and under s|d, 48 to 56 s£d, 57 to 641 b 4fd, 65 to 721 b North Islands—4B to 561 b 5-gd, 5/ to 641 b 4|d 65 to 721 b 4-Jd. Ewes—4Blb and under 4§d, 48 to 641 b 3jd, 65 to /21b 3*d. Lamb. Canterbury—36lb and under 7d, 37 to 421 b 6|d, 43 to 501 b 6fd; second quality, average about 311 b 6|d. Other South Island—36lb and under 7d, 3/ to 421 b Downs—36lb and under 7«d, 37 to 421 b 6fd, 43 to 501 b - 6/ ( d ; second quality, average about 301 b 7|d. North Island First quality, 361 b and under 61d, 37 to 421 b 6)d; second quality, average about 311 b 6Jd. _ • Australian —Victorian: First quality, 361 b and under 63d, 37 to 421 b 6d. Argentine—r First quality, 361 b and under 64d, 37 to 421 b s£d. Beef. N.Z. Frozen—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 4Jd, ox fores 145 to 2101 b 2§d. N.Z. Chilled—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 31d, ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 2§d. Argentine Chilled—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 4id, ox fores 145 to 2101 b 3d. Uruguayan Chilled—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 4d, ox fores 145 to 2101 b 2|d. Brazilian Chilled—Ox liinds 145 to 2101 b 3£-d, ox fores 145 to 2101 b 2|d. Australian Frozen—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 4£d, ox crops, weights corresponding 2§d. Australian Chilled —Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 3|d, ox crops, weights corresponding 2|d. Union of South Africa Chilled—Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 32d, ox fores, 145 to 2101 b 22d. Southern Rhodesian Chilled Ox hinds 145 to 2101 b 3Jd, ox fores 145 to 2101 b 2d. Pigs. N.Z. Porker—First quality, 60 to 801 b 5H 81 to 1001 b s£d, 101 to 1201 b ssd. N.Z. Prime Baconer —121 to 1601 b Market—Prices have declined owing to slackness in demand due to Lent and a continuance of very cheap chilled beef and large supplies of home-killed meat. Mutton Market —Light-weight wethers unchanged, hut tendency easier; other descriptions slightly weaker. Ewes: Market quiet and unchanged. Tendency of market is easier. Beef Market—Frozen beef nominal, owing to shortage of spot stocks. New Zealand Porker Pigs.—Market easier, owing to continued heavy sup--plies of home-killed. New Zealand Baconer Pigs.—Tendency of market is easier, owing to heavier supplies in sight. THE SHARE MARKET. The following sales were made on the Christchurch Stock Exchange on Saturday:— LISTED STOCKS.
Sales on ’Change. £ s. d. 5 Bank of N.S.W. ... 34 5 0 50 N.Z. Breweries ... 2 12 9 100 Broken Hill Propty. (2) 2 17 6 100 G. J. Coles (2) 3 9 0 100 Mount Lyell ... 1 2 8 Sales Reported. £ 8. d. 100 Mount Lyell ... 1 2 9 UNLISTED STOCKS. Sales on ’Change. £ s. d. 75 Woolworths (Sydney), ord. 6 15 (3 6 14 6
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 131, 16 March 1936, Page 7
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