MUTTON AND LAMB

Northern Advocate, 20 December 1932, Page 6

MUTTON AND LAMB

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(Per Press Association.—Copyright.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day.

Discussing prospective prices for meat last evening, Mr D. Jones, chairman of the Meat Producers’ Board, said there seemed to be a widespread opinion that there were still excessive supplies of imported mutton and lamb in Britain that would seriously affect this season’s prices. This was not so, said Mr Jones. It was estimated that on January 1 there "would be about half the amount of mutton that was in store a year ago, and" also fewer lambs. A small quantity of the Xcw Zealand lamb held over was second quality which always suffered most from long storage. “Farmers should note this point in reading' the present London market reports,” said Mr Jones. “The first of the new season ? s- lamb to arrive in London from Gisborne was sold ; at S4d per lb for under 361bp rid for over 3(51b. There was only a. small parcel of lamb in the Tainui from Hawke’s Bay arriving in London on December 22, and it had been sold at 7M for Downs and 7Jd for crossbred, c.i.f. I sold a substantial line of my own lambs, shipped by the Rangitane, arriving in London on January 26, at a price which will net me u 3-Sd per lb delivered' at the works, all- weights, Hud there were more over 3Glbs than under—more than two-thirds. Those were Down lambs. The expectation of the market in London until .February is therefore good.”