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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3984, 26 April 1920, Page 3

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RABBIT SKINS

(By Electric Telograph.—Copyright.) (Aust.-N.Z. Cable Association.) New York. April 22. Sixlv-one lone of Australain and New Zealand rabbit skins, at. the spring fur auctions, brought Irom 3s l!d to 13s 2d. THE BUTTER PURCHASE. London, April 23. Mr. Either (Australia) and Sir T. Mackenzie (New Zealand) are pressing the Food Ministry to make a prompt decision regarding tbe purchase of butter. LONDON WOOL SALES. Merinos arc unchanged, and greasy crossbreds are easier. Scoured crossbreds are harder on account of Japanese coiujiotition. LONDON MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson • and Co. 'report that timportets having realised the importance of improving consumption and hastening the eioa.runce, of all stock Irom store, in order to epedifco the discharge of vessels, have at last been successful in getting the authorities to agree iigain to tho principle of leaving tho distribution in their hands. It is, therefore, hoped at an early date that meat will once again be left to individual firms to find a market and -ush sales. rather than go on under the preaoitf system of releasing tbo meat as application is more or Icsb made for same. The authorities have also intimated that .mutton wilt be reduced to Od per lb. and lamb Is Id per lb; ami iilso that frozen sundries will be Joivered to a price! corresponding to the present market value, man'- oescrip -tiona being now sold at Siiiithlieh't much below present maximum prices. Home-killed meat of good qualityfinds a ready sale, but there is a strong objection to the sale of imported mutton, which consists mostly of heavy ewes, at the full price.

Prices ruling on March 1 are: Reel (sides), home-killed. Is 3d per lb; imported. 11 Jd per lb (hinds); B}d per lb (fore.l. Mutton and lamb, homekilled. Is per lb; imported, 10-}« i per lb.