FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13610, 20 December 1909, Page 9

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Tie following are tho prices m tho .Efferent classes of frozen meat comjJSd with those ruling tho previous **** : Lestwpok. This week. d. d. -vrfßitarr mutton, light * 4* ffircry mutter., medium i U Z& Ulaad mutton •• « ~\ ££ M»nd. best brands .- 3| 3* g£ta?r lamb, light :: 4i it Jemb wavy .. - H Stbksd limb, heavy .. - 3« Si li!t»d lamb .- 3 9-16 •>, fXJMsb, selected brands .. H ;J| %cf force •• •• -• ;* £2iußds •• ■•• 3 \ ?*. WnlUa sheep, heavy .. 3i -J r {SB teSLVbr-na. 8-13-16 3 I*l6 jftSKtaUr :: i beef fores •• -A ** £££i* n beef hinds .. 3 - 1»-16 |w Plate »heep, heavy .. 3 5-16 3 016 %,* Plate sheep, light .. 3J «I gKSta- ■:: ISi-iea'iMe |lwr.Pl»te beef, hinds .. — - The New Zealand Ixjan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd have reSwd the following from their London office: — — Merino sheepskins Wβ declined id per Ib since last sales, 2d medinm.and coarse crossbred skins ■re id higher." The New Zealand Farmers' Co-op. 1 ijsociation, Ltd., have received the ' following cable from their London efiee-— Mutton, prime Canterbury, defiwred Smithfield, light and medium ~ttd per lb., heavy 3Jd per lb. Lamb, srime Canterbury, delivered Smifnfcjd, light 4jd, medium 3 11-lixl, -ie»vy 32d per lb. vVheat market has jrfraneed-ls. Market is affected favourby Argentine. Demand good.

COALGATE. •it Coalgnte market on Friday there fere -yarded 2540 sheep and lambs, ibout 100 only were in the fat pens, « which G3 were fat lambs, the balance crosibred erres. The stores ' consisted .dikfly of wethers and shorn hoggets, tie balance being made up of crossbred v »ftd merino ewes with lambs. Only fcur small lote were in the wool, chiefly 'urea and lambs, all dry sheep being iborn. There was only a moderate attendance, and competition was slack; jnJy 39 merino " ewes (woolly) and btdbs, at 6s 9d, all counted; and 43 Jrj merino eVes (shorn), at 3s 3d, bet bt sold at auction, the balance being SoSwirawn, owners ideas of value being in excess of what buyers are prepared .to ghre. • - The second wool, sale of tho season rtrill-fee held in Timaru on December 22nd, The catalogue promises to be "* rjuj hig one. - Mr E. EL Daniel, of Styx, has purchued a "block of 580 acres of rich agrienltaral land, from Mr George Talbot, of Kinssdown, close to Timaru. Pyno and Co. feport the sale, on account of Mr G. J*. Starky, of the BrackeofieW Homestead Block, to Mr Gerald Stead, whom we congratulate on'haniig secured this beautiful home, ]«h«!h:ivwithout one -of -the thoicest Spots in North Canterbury. • ' Only 140 acres of this fine property <*re now left unsold; 4

:" f S,iU€!KLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. r r ; ■ inns association tkleotjam.) & r i ' * AUCKLAND. December 19. qmet time pierailed on the share market In investment stocks only one Mb was nude, vis., New Zealtnd Insurance |«JT7j 6d- Grand Junctions were dealt with ii-,aSs Gd and 33s 3d, the market - closing ..Xtiik buyers at ti» latter figure and sellers L«'tie former. Talismans realised 42s 3d and %Bt( -doting quotations being:—Buyers 42s 43s Sd. -