PRICES HARDEN.
SMITHFIELD MUTTON MARKET. Smaller supplies of wether and ewe mutton on the Smith field Market have caused prices to harden, according to cabled advice received to-day by the Bank of New Zealand. The lamb market is quiet and unchanged. Ruling prices are compared with those of a fortnight and a year ago in the following table: — August 18. August 7. Year ago. d per lb. d per lb. d per lb. Wethers— I.ight 4g to 5 4g to 5 4| to 5 Heavy ... 3 to 4 3 to 3J 4 to 41 Ewes 2| to 33 21 to 3J to 3| Lambs— Twos 7J to 71 7| to 7* 71 to 78 Eights — 6s to 6 j oito6i 71 to 75 Fours 6i to 6? t»j to 7| to 71 Seconds .6gto 6J 6J to 7 6J to 6|
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 196, 21 August 1939, Page 4
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