BRITISH MEAT PRICES.
MUTTON AND LAMB SLUMP. SOME: OF THE CAUSES. sr Cable—press association— copyright Received Dec. 2,9.4 t) a.m. LONDON, Dec. 1. Air. Hassau, in an interview, said that lamb and mutton had slumped heavily, and would possibly be worse in January, owing to abnormal supplies of home-killed meat, due to increased production, also to the forced influx of fresh meat rushed into the yards on account of the extension of the foot and mouth disease in Britain. Consequently imported stocks were accumulating, and large shipments were afloat from Australia. These were likely to incur heavy storage charges. It was expected that the total of imported ' stocks in January would he 1,400,000 carcases. Meanwhile the curtailment of shipments might assist the position. The beef outlook xvas more fax-ourable for 1926. —Sidney Sun Cable.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 December 1925, Page 7
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