SALE OF EWE MUTTON

Press, Volume C, Issue 29681, 27 November 1961, Page 20

SALE OF EWE MUTTON

Now Easier Than Lamb It might be possible io go out and find new markets for lamb in the same way that they had been found tor ewe mutton. Mr C. Hilgendort. a member of the New Zealand Meat Producers* Board, said at the North Canterbury district export lamb competition. Mr Hilgendorf said that before World War II it had seemed that ■ there was no possible way of getting rid of ewes. It looked as though they might have to be turned into fertiliser or dumped at sea. The situation had remained difficult until about two or three years ago, but now it had got to the stage where ewes were being sold more readily than lambs. They were going to Japan. Peru. Egypt, Greece and so on. As a result of the development of these other markets it was now also possible to sell ewes fairly readily in the United Kingdom. “It was with the cold draught on ewes that people got out to sell them and perhaps we can sell lambs in the same way. but of course it is a higher-priced product.” LONDON METALS MARKET (N Z -Reuter—CopvrlcM) LONDON. November XX Latest London metal prices are:—

Buyer* a ton tadSellers jl ton* Copper— Spot Tin— 128 IS • MB 0 0 Spot .. Lead— WOO M> 0 0 Spot .. Zinc— 50 CT « « « 0 Spot Gold: £U <58 17 « « 11 0 Sa lid an OS.