FROZEN MEAT MARKET
j The Bank of New Zealand, Produce Department, has today received, the following advice from its London office as at ■lose of-,business this, week: "Weaker .values are ruling for wether mutton o\ving to lack o£ demand. The market for ewes is weaker for heavyweights; lightweights j remain steady. There'is-.a fair demand, for lambs, but the market ig rather easier. Only a limited business has been done in^ fceef at - nominal prices. Trade: is* slow, generally. Wethers, light 3 3-8 dto 4d per. Ib, heaiyy 2%d to 3 l-8d; ewes, 2%d to 3%d; lambß, 2's G5-Bd-.to 57-8d,.8'5,4 5-8 d to 4 7-Bdj 4's 4 3-8 d to'4s:Bd, seconds sd,to 6%d; ox hinds, 2%d to: 3d, -fores 2%d to 2%d; epw hinds, 2%d to 2%d, fores 2d to S%d?' ;,,: •• .. ■■, ~ :- :.; Mesanf. Levin and Co., Ltd., have received the following cable from itheiri London agents, dated May s—"Compared with ,'3ast week's quotations, second quality"3amb %d per lb lower; wethers, 48-561b, ■cl-Sd per 1b lower; 56-721b, %d per lb lower; others unchanged. The lamb market is quiet, with prices •weakening. The demand for New Zealand mutton is poor, especially for wethers."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 16
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189FROZEN MEAT MARKET Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 16
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