FROZEN MEAT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 289, 3 November 1934, Page 5

FROZEN MEAT.

SHIPMENTS TO UNITED KINGDOM. KILLINGS AND STOCKS. Shipments of frozen meat from the Dominion during the first half of October are shown in the following table, the totals for the corresponding period of 1933 being given for comparative purposes:— Frozen Beef. Mutton. Lamb. Pork.

Total, 1934 25,565 64,534 71.222 18,783 Total, 1933 3,602 37,150 47,881 21,595

Increase 21,963 27,384 23,341 *2,812 *Dccreaso.

In addition 7801 bags of boneless beef were shipped during the first half of October, 1933.

The Meat Board is advised by cable from its London office that the shipments from Australia and South America to the United Kingdom during the first half of October were as follow : Australia: 15,286 carcases mutton; 144,358 carcases lamb; 8268 quarters beef. South America: 2797 carcases mutton; 172,673 carcases lamb; 1380 quarters beef (frozen) ; 191,110 quarters beef (chilled). Killings of Jive stock for export at all Dominion works during the first half of October compare with those for the corresponding period of last year as follow: October 1-15. 1934. 1933.

CANTERBURY MARKETS. A QUIET WEEK. . Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 2. The week has been extremely quiet in the produce markets. A few parcels of potatoes are going north to Wellington and side ports, but it is not expected that many more will be wanted in Auckland. The new season’s potatoes arc now coining into fairly general use. Values, nominally, for whites arc £2 5 C to £2 7s 6d a ton, f.0.b., s.i., and for Dakotas £2 10s to £2 12s 6d. Fowl wheat, is worth '3s 8d a bushel, f.0.b., s.c., for prompt delivery, the tendency having been easier. In view of the smaller area forecast for next year’s wheat crop, movement of the market is unexpected. Should the statistical estimates of 228,000 acres not bo exceeded, it is probable that most of the present cary-over of milling wheat will bo needed to supplement next season’s crop, in which case fowl wheat is likely to bo in short supply. Oats and small seeds show no change in price and the demand for them is practically lifeless. The intervention .of the holiday next week will confine business to a very small compass.

Qrs. Cs. Cs. Cs. London 7,872 53,256 59,538 16,822 Liverpool 11,202 8,352 10,684 718 Glasgow 2,514 1,912 1,000 1,243 Avonmouth 2,722 1,001 — Manchester 1,255 .— — Pacific Islands — 13 — —

Beef (quarters) __ 93 Wether mutton (cs.) ... 39 2,384 Ewe mutton (cs.) 501 ' 1,040 Lamb (cs.) • '. Pork— 2,944 2,603 Porkers ( cs.) 15,487 7,799 Baconcrs (cs.) 4,656 3,355 Boneless beef (frt. cs.) . 239 6,035 Sundries (frt. cs.) 14,338 22,898 Stocks of frozen meat in cold stores in New Zealand as at October 15 as follow: — 15/10/34. compare 15/10/33 Beef (quarters) , 43,379 145,524 figv...; 8— — — _ — Wether mutton (cs.) ... 8,814 12,112 Ewe mutton (cs.) 8,124 13,143 Lamb (cs.) Pork — 5,202 18,279 Porkers (cs.) . 15,627 14,798 Baconcrs (cs.) 5,441 6,577 Boneless beef (frt. cs.) . 185,269 31,648 Sundries( frt. cs.) 73,460 116,825 Stocks of meat loaded into ships not dcparted from New Zealand as at 15 compare as follow :—- 15/10/34 October 15/10/33 Beef (quarters) 13,747 — Wether mutton (cs.) ... 9,424 1,304 Ewe mutton (cs.) 17,478 2.642 Lamb (cs.) Pork — 869 6,459 Porkers (cs.) 12,209 3,641 Baconcrs (cs.) 2,626 22