FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1926, Page 11

FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

LONDON, Ist May.

Sheep—Canterbury light, G%d per lb; North Island, light, 5%d; medium, 5%(1. Australian ewes, 41 / 6 d; Argentine, light, sd; medium, 4%d. Lambs.—North Island; seconds, 9 l/ t d; Australian, seconds, Victorian, BKd; others, &*&&; thirds, B'Ad. Frozen Beef.—New Zealand fores, 3Jd; hinds, sd. Australian hinds, sd. • Chilled Beef.—Argentine,, fores, 3%d; hinds, 0%.d. Other meats are unchanged. The Bank of New Zealand, Produce Department, lias received the following advice from its London office, under date 30th April:— "Frozen Meat: The demand for wether mutton is very poor, and the market has declined. The market for ewes is also depressed owing to the absence of demand; The market, for lamb is steady. Wethers, light, s^d to Gy 2 d per lb; wethers,. hear?, 4%d to ' s\id per lb; ewes, 3y 2 d to 5d per. lb;.lambs, 2's, 9W to. lO^d per lb; lambs, B's, 9Md to lOd per lb; lambs, 4's, 9*4 d to B%d per lb; lambs, seconds, SViA to 9}d per lb; lambs, Australian, 8d to.Bfd.per lb."