MEAT IN LONDON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22517, 7 September 1936, Page 5

MEAT IN LONDON

SMITHFIELD QUOTATIONS A FIRMER TENDENCY RISE IN CHILLED BEEF (Received September 0, 5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5 Following arc the latest quotations for frozen and chilled meat, with those of the previous week for comparison.

The weekly quotations are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb or 'of quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or London stores. They are compiled by the Quotations Committee, Smithfield. To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values one farthing per pound should bo deducted from the prices quoted above. Quotations given represent the average for the week, and arei. not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipments now on offer. LAMB MARKET FIRM BETTER DEMAND FOR MUTTON The following private meat cablegrams have been received:Bank of New Zealand.—Wethers: The market is becoming firmer. Ewes: The market has improved owing to short supplies. Lambs: The market is quiet, hut firm. Prices are: —Wethers, light, 4j|d to 5-ld per lb.; heavy, 3£d to 4Jd; ewes, 3jd to 4id; lambs, twos, 7d to 7Ad; eights, 6Jd to 7d; fours, 6j!d to GJd; seconds, 6Jd to 7d. New Zealand Meat Producers' Board. —Lambs: The market remains firm with consumption satisfactory. Mutton: The demand for wethers and ewes has improved. Beef: Frozen beef is steady and unchanged. The market for chilled beef is firm, with better prices for Dominion beef owing to absence of Brazilian competition. New Zealand porker pigs: The market is quiet and unchanged New Zealand baconer pigs: Prices continue firm owing to short spot stocks.

BUTTER-FAT PAYMENTS THE KIA ORA COMPANY SEASON'S AVERAGE !3.1 ID [by TELl'Xllath —own correspondent! GISBORNI3, Sunday A further payment of 2d per lb. 011 the past season's butter-fat, aggregating £25,855, is recommended by the directors of the Kia Ora Co-operative Dairv Company, Limited, in the report to be submitted to the annual meeting on September 17. This will bring the season's average payment up to ]3.11d per lb. butter-fat, including cream carting. . . The average payment is nearly oil per lb. better than that for the previous season, when suppliers received only 10.37 d, and it is claimed to bo the highest quoted to date. The season s average payment is the highest for the factory since If3o. when the figure was 15.01 d, and the season's output is tho second largest, the record having been created in 1934. COTTON, RUBBER, COPRA, ETC. (Received September (!, p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 5 (Quotations on August '2O in parentheses.) Cotton.—Spot, 6.70 d (6-70 d), a lb.; October delivery, 6.26 d (6.28 d September). Rubber. —Para, IOJd (lOJd) 11 lb.; plantation and smoked, 7 11-16 d(7 11-16 d). j „te.—September-October shipments, £l7 3s 8d (£l7 2s 6d August-September* u ton. . Copra. —September - October shipments, South Sea, sun-dried, £l3 10s to London and Rotterdam (£l3 15s) a ton); South Sua, smoked, £l3 2s 6(1 to Marseilles and Genoa (£l3 ss); plantation, Kabaul, luit air dried, £l4 12s 6d to London aiul Hotterdam (£ls). Linseed Oil. —£28 (£27 15s) a ton. Turpentine.—39b 9d \39s 9d) a owt.

FROZEN MUTTON Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Now Zealand — _ Wethers and Maiden Ewes: Canterbury and South Island, selected: ,,, Under 461b. .. •• J# p ■ 4S-5Glh \(} 57-0 lib % 4 ? 0.1-7'Jlb 4 /» 4/3 North Island: . v -is-.vtlb. .. -. y* r>7-oilb 1; '](? 0f>-72lb 4% 4% Ewes: 7 , „ 7/ Under 48lb ;}.•> "•>'» 48-0 Jib -»% •» O.V721b. . • • • Australian — Wethers: First, 4S-r,.»lb. .. 4 4 4 Second, 3t)-r»0lb. .. 4/b 4, 4 Ewes, 30-G51b. . • 4 4 Argentine— Wethers: ,, ... First, 48-04 b. .. 4% 4 A First, G5-72lb. .. <3,4 3 /a I'atagonian— Wethers and Maiden Ewes: Under 50lb. .. .. 4 A 4/b GO-OOlb. . . ■ • "/a 4 FROZEN LAMB New Zealand — Canterbury: 30lb. and under 37-4 21b. 43-501b. . • „ Second, about 3Cilb Other South Island: 3Glb. and under 37-12lb, 43-OOlb. . . North Island, selectef : 30lb. and under 37-42lb. 43-SOlb. Second, about 30lb. .. North Island, other: First, 30lb. and under First, 37-4211). Second, about 301b. .. Australian — Victorian: First, 301b. and under First, 37-121b. Second, 30lb. and under Other States: First, 3Glb. and under First, 37-4'Jlb. Second, 3(Jlb. and under All States: Third, about 20lb. Argentine— First, 30lb. and under First, 37-4211). Second, about 381b. . . Patagonian— First, 30lb. and under First, 37-1211). Second, about 381b. .. 7/8 7 6% 6/4 r 1/ i /a 6Vi VA 7 GM, 7% 0 3 ,4 0/a ov, fi'4 6/ a 0% 0 O'A 7 0% 0% 0'/a 67a 0 O'A 7% 7 fiV 3 ey« 7% 7 6/a 7V4 OVa 7/8 7 0V 4 G 3 /i OVa 0% 0% O'/a 0>/4 6% 7 0% G'4 OVa 0% (i 0 3 /« FROZEN OX BEEF (143-2101bs.) New Zealand— Ilinds Fores Australian — Ilinds Crops 3% 2/'a 2% 3% 2 5 /i 3 3 /4 2/4 CHILLED OX BEEF (l-15-210lbs.) New Zealand— Hinds Fores Australian— Hinds Crops South African— B'A 2 l /a 5 2'/a • m 5 2%

Hinds Fores Southern Rbodesian—Hinds Fores Argentine— Hinds Fores Uruguayan— Hinds Fores Brazilian— Hinds Fores .. . • 2% .. 4% .. 2% .. 6 ft 1/ :: k .. 47. * * * 5% 2% 5% 2% 5% 2% * FROZEN PORK Now Zealand— First, (>0-S0lb. . . GVa First, si.100lb. .. (iv. First, JUl-l'-'Olb .. (i'Z First, 11'1-lOOlb. .. G/g Australian— First. G0-S01b. .. (»% First, 81-1001b. .. (i% First, 101-1'JOlb. . . liVa *Nonc offering. (iV t t>/8 0% 0% tiVa