FROZEN MEAT

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21355, 24 December 1934, Page 15

FROZEN MEAT

SMITHFIELD MARKET j The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cablegram from its London office dated December 20, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised for the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptions of meat mentioned, and are for representative narcels of the goods offering during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield market, and/or ex London stores: — (Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown.) _ „ Dec. Dec. Dec.

All North Island lamb quotations new season's. Lamb Market—Meeting with steady demand. Mutton Market—Wethers and ewes; Prices better with fair trade. Beet Market—Steady demand with prices unchanged. New Zealand Porker Pigs—Market quiet and prices unchanged. Mew Zealand Baconer Pigs—Nominal.

The Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office as at the close of business last week:— Frozen meat: Smaller supplies of wether mutton have caused prices to harden. The demand and prices for ewes are steady. There is a good

RAM AND BULL MEAT CARCASES TO BE SPECIALLY BRANDED

Regulations requiring carcases of rams or bulls intended for human consumption to be marked with a special brand are published in the latest issue of the New Zealand Gazette. It was recently stated in the House of Representatives that old rams and bulls w-re being slaughtered and sold as meat in Wellington, and the Minister for Agriculture, the Hon. C. E. Macmillan, subsequently stated that immediate action would be taken to see that such carcases were marked with the word "ram" or "bull" as the case might be. ' . , , , . That undertaking is backed up by the authority of an Order-m-Council by the regulations now issued. The regulations provide that the carcase of every ram and bull which upon inspection is passed as suitable tor consumption within New Zealand shall, in addition to any other brand or mark required by the regulations under its Slaughtering and Inspection Act to be affixed to any such carcase, be branded or marked by the inspector or under his authority with a brand or mark bearing the word "ram" or "bull" as the case may be Every such brand or mark shall be affixed to each quarter and to each side of every carcase at a point approximately in the centre of the outer side of every such portion of the carcase.

POULTRY PRODUCERS, LTD. * The Canterbury Co-op Poultry Producers, Ltd., report that at their Christmas sales on Wednesday and Friday exceptionally heavy pennings ot ah classes of poultry came to hand. Ducklings and spring chicken were Z oil of finish, but owing to the shortage of well-finished birds of the same Pne the former sold well above their value. Goslings were in evidence and were kceiuy sought after by the large number of buyers present. There was a sUght rise in boilers at Wednesday's auction while some medium heavy cmlen went to 12s 6d at Friday'* ° a The following prices were realised a rhicken— Heavy: These are still ,hort of suppy and realised up to &6d Medium; In good demand and sold up to 9s. Light: In heavy supply, the best pennings reaching 4s 6d 1 Hens-Heavy: In good supply and demand, and sold as high as i*. Medium to light: Comprised the bulk nf the sale and realised up to as ya. Goslings to lis 6d. Ducks to 6s: dueling! to 9s 9d. Turkeys to Is per lb.

COMPANIES REGISTERED Company registrations as follows vp-re announced in the latest "Mercantile Gazette" : _ . Sciers (B. F.) Transport Company, Met. Bolstered as a private company December o Office- 176 Hereford street, Chnstchurch. Capital: £2OOO into 2000 i ordinary Snares of £1 each. Subscribers: Murohison "_B F Spiers 1930. Christchurch—*. *.. Twyford 1. Objects: Passenger and Roods transport and incidental. Whites Electric Gold Dre.lg.ng Company (Barrytour), Ltd. Registered December 13.

Office- 203 Commerce Buildings. Hereford street, Chrislohurch. Capital: .£33,000 into 060,000 shares of la each. Subscriber*. Christchurch-I. Woolf 4000, L 1). Richards 4000, T. W. Perry 4000 W R H-n.-y 4000 A. R. Pcrrv 4000, S. A. Wander 2000. Greyrr.outh—P. F. Thorpy 4000. Objects: Minins* and incidental. Median's Stores, Ltd. Kcgistcrcd as a private company December It. Omcc: Makikihi. Capital: £3500 into 3500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: T.maru-V. C. Meehan 1000. F. IT Mae .an 1000 riandcho---J. 15. Washin t ton IoUO. Objects. To acquire and take over as a eoi'n<* concern and carry on the Makikihi branch of the business of James Meehan and Sons, Ltd., grocers and general merchants. METALS MARKET

20 14. Per lb. 7. d. d. d. N.Z. SheepCanterbury & North Island selected crossbred .wethers and maiden ewes: 43 to 561b 45 4g 41 57 to 641b 45 4g 4} 65 to 721b 41 43 41 North Island: 48 to 561b 45 44 48 57 to 641b 45 4i 43 65 to 721b 4:1 43 41 Ewes— 481b and under 4 3} 3 8 48 to 641b 33 34 33 65 to 721b 35 32 31 N.Z. Lambs — Canterbury: 361b and under — 65 6537 to 421b — — fii ' 43 to 501b — — 51Second quality: Average 321b .. — — fi Other South Island brands — 361b and under — — 65 37 to 421b — — 6J 43 to 501b — — 5J New Season's — Selected North Island brands, including Downs: 361b and under 73 75 — 37 to 421b 75 75 — Second quality: Average 321b .. 7 7 — Other North Island brands: First quality: 36 lb and under 7 J 75 — 37 to 421b 71 75 — Second quality: Averas" 321b .. 63 63 — Australian Lar.ibs— Victorian 1st quality: 361b and under 65 6:3 6.3 37 to 421b 65 68 61 Argentine Lambs— 361b and under 61 6', 6! 37 to 421b 61 6161 N.Z. BeefOx fores 2II 2il 2i! Ox hinds 31 3.1 31 Argentine Chilled Beef — Ox fores 3 31 31 Ox hinds 5i 55 5 Australian Frozen BeefOx crops, over 1001b 2.3 2.3 2g Ox hinds, over 1601b 31 31 31 N.Z. Prime Porker Pigs — GO to 801b 6 6 6 81 to 1001b 101 to 1201b .. 53 55 55 51 51 51 N.Z. Baconer Pigs— 120 to 1601b 53 53 6

demand for lambs for the time of yeai Per lb. Wethers, light Wethers, heavy Ewes Lambs, 2's Lambs, 8's d. d. .. 4:J to 5.1 .. 3:, 1 to 4£ .. 3 to 41 .. 71 to 7:J .. to a

LONDON, De cciriber -: l. Dec. 2 0. Dec. 2 1. A ton d. A toi a. d. Copper — Standard s pofc 27 Iff la 28 1 l' 10i 2 8 (i 10J 29 15 7i Electrolytic ;u 5 31 IS 0 0 31 10 32 0 0 0 Wire bars ;u 15 0 32 0 0 American el( :ctrol. ytic: 9 CC1 its per 11 :). LeadSpot 3 0 5 0 10 8 9 Forward 10 8 9 10 8 9 Spelter— 11 12 fi 11 13 9 Forward 11 18 9 12 1 a Tin22 7 13 9 Spot Forward 228 0 ;! 228 0 Silver — 24 3-H 6d 23 11 -lfxl 204d 25 11-1 Od Stundaru, pel "Dec. 14. Dec. 21. rif! Iron — Home trade 3 7 6 3 7 6 Export 3 2 G 3 2 C Antimony— British f>7 10 0 74 10 0 Foreign 58 15 (a in 0 lit) 57 0 (a uni 0 t) ! Molybdenite 1 1-1 G 1 14 6 Wolfram 2 0 0 1 18 6