LONDON MEAT. MARKET

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 69, 14 December 1933, Page 12

LONDON MEAT. MARKET

New Season’s Lamb from N.Z. GOOD TRADING REPORTED By Telegraph.—Press Association. Feilding, December 13. The New Zealand Farmers’ Co-opera-tive Distributing Co., Ltd., Feilding, has received the following cable from its London office: — . Good trading experienced in all sec tions of the new season’s New Zealand lambs, which made 8d to B}d. Good quality Australian lambs also met witn a ready sale. The prices for wethers and ewes have appreciated a farthing. FAT STOCK KILLINGS • Huge Increase in Lamb The principal feature of the latest frozen meat .returns covering the two months to November 30. issued yesterday by the Meat Board, is an extraordinary increase in the killings of lambs, tbe total being 813,407 compared with 224,906 for the corresponding period of last year, lhe increase is 588,451.-or over 261 per cent. Killings in the North Island were 760,3< > against 219,165 last year, and in the South Island 48,037 compared with 5<91. Killings of wethers and ewes atAJ.NH show an increase of 10,830 carcases, whi e killings of pigs were 78,526, an inciease of 46,992, or nearly 150 per cent. .. ■ The killings .<?f. fat. stock for export :at all Dominion works: during the two 'months compare, as follow : — .

'./ Shipments’ and Stocks. ‘ ... ' Shipments of frozen meat from the Dominion during the two months, are^ shown, in the following table, the totals for the corresponding period of last year being given for comparative .purposes:— i >.' ■

Also 25,407 bags of boneless beef, mainly for Glasgow and Liverpool, compared with ‘ 10,950 bags for October-November, 1932,. • The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board is advised by cable from its London office that the shipments from_ Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during November were as folAustralia: 40,467' carcases . mutton; 777.763 carcases lamb; 64,918 quarters beef. _ ■ . 1 South America: 14,005 carcases wutton; 359,719 carcases lamb; 7325 quarters beef (frozen); 423,084 quarters beef (chilled). , ,• , ■ The shipments from New Zealand to the United Kingdom, for. the same period were as follow: 7614 carcases. mutton ; 279.331 carcases lamb; 7657 quarters ibggf, i • There were iio shipments of meat from South America/to the Continent of Europe during November.. • ’ . . Stocks of frozen meat in cold stores in the Dominion as at November SO, compare

' Stocks of frozen meat loaded into ships not departed from the Dominion as at November 30 compare as follow: —

GOLD'MINING Addison’s Flat Dividend By Telegraph—Press Association. Westport, December 13.. A dividend of 12} per cent, has been' declared by the Addison’s Hat Sluicing Company. It is nine weeks since sluicing commenced. .‘ Paddy’s Point Return Paddv’s. Point Gold Mining Co.. Ltd., report that a wash-up oh Saturday, De-, cember 9, produced 740 z. of gold. The paddock was approximately one acre, and •actual sluicing time was 4 weeks and 2 days. ' ' ' f. ■ Okarito Dredge Results The Okarito Five Mile Beach Gold Dredging Cd., Ltd., hasMssued the following, report "for the four weeks', Novem-. ber 5 to December 2:—Total gold won, 1290 z. 17dwts.; ■ total time worked, 441 hours; total non-working time, 130 hours; total yardage treated, 25,500, an average of 58 cubic yards "er hour; average value of ground-(on basis of gold worth £4 per dunce), 4.8 d. per cubic yard. Talisman Dubbo Talisman Dubbo Mines report that 42} tons was treated for £203 actual realisation. Bell Hooper Cromwell Bell Hooper Cromwell Gold, Ltd.j reports as follows for the week ending December 9: —No mine development drives or work was done during the week, all the men being engaged on preparatory stoping for blocking out work or on blocking out work. A centre block stope through block N from the main No. 1 drive, and also another centre stope through block L from the main No. 1 drive are in progress; these two stopes are to facilitate the blocking out of these two blocks. . . One prospecting stope was driven into block M 32 feet and one prospecting drive into block C 55 feet, both drives giving poor results. Blocking out work is in progress in blocks K. D, and B. the three blocks giving good results. Three men are engaged on cleaning np the foundation and track laying in No. 2 tunnel preparatory to the contractor starting. ‘ The gold washed up for the week was 440 z. lOdwt. Otago Harbour Redemption Loan By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright London, December 12. The Otago Harbour Board is issuing a redemption loan of £600,000 sterling, bearing interest at 4} per cent, per annum. issued at £O9, in order to repay 5 per cent, loans maturing January 1.

October-November. 1033. ■ ... 3.332 : 1932. 3,246 Wether mutton (c/cs) ... 30,339 23.822 Ewe mutton (c/cs) .. ... 0.492 5,179 Lamb (c/cs) ......... ... 813,407. ' 224,956 Pork, porkers (c/cs) ... -50.045. ' 21,295 Pork, baconers. (c/cs) ..'. 27,581 10,230 Boneless beef (frt. c/cs) . 34.307 , 12,041 Sundries (frt. c/cs) . .... : 68,682 35,580

1 Beef, qrs. Mutton. C/CS. - Lamb. Pork. • c/cs. London ... 8,990 51,798 320.705 42,601 Liverpool,, . Glasgow .... Avonmonth. 405 1,006 . 7,158 : 1,429 . 18.080 5.872 7,122 — 2,869 13.609 3,490 Manchester . . 85S 473. 3,656 Montreal .. ■ , t ‘ . ' 3 1 Singapore, . — 500 San ■Francisco — ■ — < -2 ■- — ■ Pacific 21 Islands 27. — —— ■ 1 ■ ■ — * — ■ — Total'. 1033 11,286 63j727' 356.582 58,585 Total. 1932 2S.0G1 181,055 227,624 20,060 —— ' ■" -— Increase . *16,775 *118,228 128,958 38,525 •Decrease.

,as follow: — : Beef (quarters) .......... Wether mutton (c/cs.) .. .Ewe mutton (c/cs.) ..... 30/11/33. 30/1V32. 08,429' ■ 4,027 15.360: 10.520 7,642 3,957, .432,754 113,193 Pork (porkers) (c/cs.) .. Pork (baconers) (c/cs.) . Boneless beef (frt. c/cs.) Sundries (frt. c/cs.) .... ' 20,744 11,579 20,391 9,379 26.321 10,588 113,288 55,440

Beef (quarters) ........ Wether mutton (c/cs.) 30/11/33. 30/11/32. . 41,021 . 11,826 1,888 12,632 Ewe mutton (c/cs.) ... Lamb- (c/cs.), ,. Pork (workers) (c/cs.) . ... 5,29a . 93,702 . 10,285 14,616 2,602 Pork (baconers) (e/cs.) . 2,778 1,309