PRICE OF MEAT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15496, 1 January 1914, Page 8

PRICE OF MEAT.

INCREASE-BY RETAIL?W EFFECT 'OF KEEN MARKETS, .1 Unwelcome news is contained in the' re. iil price-list just issued by the Mastii Bn chers' Association, lor it shows that' ; the prices of beef and of mutton have lwe» raised a halfpenny and a penny per lb a 1 round. The new price-list come? FiJi effect from the opening of tho New Year 5 ' Veal and pork will still be sold at th<§ prices fixed in November last, -. & Undercut beef will now cost Is per lb instead of lOd as heretofore. Rump steajs is now to bacome a luxury, obtainable. *■ lOd per ib, the former price being 9d;%:sf Following aro a few other 0! t!vjj>opn\ w : joints and meets which will have no* m. ■ come more cosily, the old price* J fgSj shown in parentheses Sirloin, 7|d {7<Ji° loin.u of beef, 6d (s£d); ribs of beef, etc' 4d to ; 6Jd (3d to s^«i); gravy m& 5d (4d)j sausages, 6J (sd); legs ofnnttwi;-'. 6H (6d); hindquarters, 6d (51d) ; dors of J mutton, s£d (4Jd); cutlets, 041 (8d). For booking or delivery a halfrxjay per lb extra is charged. X I The president of the Master Butchers?! Association (Mr. R. S. Briggg), when til ferring to the increased prices for beef and mutton, said that four months ago the necessity for making nn increase had been' seriously considered. Retailers, however, had postponed taking action in this direction as they were in hopes that as the? summer advanced the market would be-* come easier. But instead of that th-r, market became firmer, and as far as hfi could see meat would become still dearer, in ' the future. Tho position had been brought about, Mr- Briggs asserted, owin* to the big prices that .-exporters were offering for stock on the, farms,, and the scarcity of meat for local consumption would be further intensified with tho opening up of otatside markets. Quite recently, he said, 87s fid per 1001b was offered in the paddock for beef for export/. This gave some idea, of the keenness of the deman4 of' beef for the outside markets. ■■ - 4