COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 31, 6 August 1923, Page 6

COMMERCIAL & FINANCIAL

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited report having received the following cablegram from their London house, under date of the 2nd instant:— > "Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy IOJd, light HidNorth lalaiid heavy lOd, light IOJd Demand better, prices weak. Mutton.—New Zealand prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury heavv7d, light BJd; North Island heavy 7d, light Sd. Demand steady, market firm. Beef.— New Zealand prime ox beef, hinds 6d, fores 3d. Demand limited, prices nominal. Frozen Beef.—Quotations nominal. Dock strike continues. No indications of early settlement at present, 1 but sufficient supplies obtainable to meet moderate demands. Heavy supplies of New Zealand lamb in sight."

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cablegram from their London house, under date 3rd instant:—

"New Zealand Frozen Meat.—Lamb, lid per lb (average). Mutton, wether aud maiden ewe light Sjd per lb, heavy c^d per lb; ewe, light sjd per lb, heavy Sjd per lb. Beef.—Ox hinds 5d per lb, fores 2Jd per lb; cow hinds 4-Jd per lb; fores 2Jd per lb. Market • slow.

"New Zealand Dairy Produce.—Butter, 172s to 17Cs per cwt. Market quiet. Cheese, IOSs to 1125 per cwt. Nominal quotation."