MEAT IN LONDON
PRICES AT SMITHFIELD j . .... I . V ... ■ ' • " ' 'V . ' I '• FIRM LAMB MARKET * j REDUCTION IN CHILLED-. BEEF! I The tendency for the Smithfield lamb | market is firm for first quality, with ' second quality slow and irregular. j Wethers and ewes are easier owing to • heavier supplies, and trade is slow,- j according to . the weekly report of the j New Zealand Meat Board. , The chilled beef market is easier ! owing to heavier supplies. Trade _in • New Zealand porker pigs is slow, with i light-weights slightly easier. Baconers are quiet and unchanged. . ■ Following are ruling, prices of whole- ■ sale quantities announced-by the board, , together , with values ruling at the 'j close of the previous week: — . <
The weekly quotations are based on; actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of mutton or lamb _or o£ quarters of beef delivered to Smithfield market and/or /London> stores. In the case of chilled beef, the rates represent the approximate average prices realised for the week at per lb.. ■ j/ To arrive at the equivalent ex ship values, one farthing per pound should be deducted from the above. Quotations given represent the average for the week, .and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of shipment® now on offer. - •'>'£
WETHERS AND EWES "> WEAKER VALtTES RULING f The Bank of New Zealand, has received the following advice from its Lon* don offic& as at the close of business last week:—Wethers and ewes: values are ruling owing to lack of d<* maud. Lambs: Demand and prices are steady. Quotations are: Wethers, light 4Jd to sid per lb.; heavy, 4d to.4|Aj ewes, 2£d to 3fd; lambs, twos, 7|d4d( 7id: eights, 7|d to 7£d; fours, 7idtd 7|dj seconds; 6jd to 7d. STEEL INDUSTRY PL&N PUBLICATION OF REPORTS REFUSAL BY MINISTER I Advice has been received by ">#l* Auckland Chamber of Commerce froift the Associated Chambers of Comment that efforts to persuade .the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hoik* D. G. Sullivan, to publish the reports! on which the Government's decision t$ establish'* the, iron t and steel industre as a State enterprise" was based, navoi so far failed. The Minister had stated that without personal explanations ana results of departmental officers' gations, the reports would be-in,* adequate and would probably lead td wrong conclusions. ■ - The executive of the Associated Chambers, it was stated, had decided to approach the Minister again and ask him to publish not only the Jre* porta, but also all the particulars.
• - FROZEN MUTTON • .• • j - '••• r «* ■; .J,uly2i July 28 ' - per lb per lb. i '-.WT .d d i New Zealand— t >■-=; j Crossbred .wethers " 1 { and/or maiden ewes: • f'- ' j -.-.■Under 481b ... .. 5% . . > 49-56ib .. .. 6% 6 ' 57-64lb .. ..5 n ' 65-721b .. 4 3 A ~, 4 1 /, . , ! Under 481b ..V .. 3% 3% '--f ! 49-561b .. 3% 3 3 A •- ;j 67-641b .. ..3% 3% --' j 6o-721b -.. 3 V 3 j FROZEN LAMB Canterbury: Under 3Glb .. .. 7% 37-421b ..... TA 43-501b .. ..TA Second quality, average about 311b .. 6% Other South Islands Under 36lb ".. .. 7% 37-42lb .. .. 7% 43-501b .. ... 7% North Island Downs:. Under 361b .. 7% 37-421b .. .. 7% 43-501b .... ... 7% Second quality, average about 301b ; . .. 7% ' North Island, first quality: Under 361b .. . , 7% 37-4 21b . ; .. 7% Second quality, average about 311b .. 0 3 A Australian— ' Victorian: First qualty, 29-361b . 7V* First quality, 37-421b . 7 Argentine— First quality, 36lb .. 7 First quality, 37-42lb 6% , • " ' rv" 7%«X ! 7%- T ' j TA;- | 7Va • V-i % 7*Ai ' 7%:,"f I 7% ■ ■ i ; I 7Va~~$ | 7% J TA 1 j 714 ' i 7 i 0V4 * CHILLED OX BEEF (1451b to 2101b) New Zealand — • Hinds .. .. .. 5/a Fores .. • • • • 3% Australian— Hinds .. .. .. SY* Crops (weights.correaponding) . .. .. & 1 /* South African— Hinds .; .. .. Fores .. .. .. Southern Rhodeslan— Hinds .. .. •• Fores .. -i -- .2% Argentine— Hinds .. •• •• 6/. Fores .. .. •• 8Va Uruguayan— Hinds .. «. •• 5/4 Fores .. .» •• 3/* 7"- ' j. i 6% ' | 2 7 /. ;-r j 254V/, . G% ~ A 3 ■ 4% | 2% , _ j 6% i . | 3% 6% 3 , i FROZEN PORK New Zealand — . ; Porkers: First quality, 61-801b . 6/» Ditto, 81-1001b 6%. Ditto, 101-1201b i... 6% ■ Baconeru, 121-160lb .. 7 •Not quoted. ' '. -i • i 6% '~- 6'A 6% 7
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23104, 1 August 1938, Page 7
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