PRICE OF MEAT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14213, 2 February 1917, Page 4

PRICE OF MEAT.

! CONFERENCE WITH, LOCAL BUTCHERS. , Further , negotiations regarding th local meat .prices are proceeding betweei the Mayor (Mi' W. G. Sherratt), on be half of "the. -Minister" of Agriculture, am I the local master butchers. " i To-day his Worship deceived the tol t lowing communication on the subject "In answer to your letter of Jaaniar 24 re 'prices ' butchers ■ are prepared t< ? sell- meat at the following prices havi ) been agreed on by Messrs Fiskin an( - Ludwig" H. I>, Robinson, and' Michel I and Russell. Thd- Co-operative Mea Co. wax. not; represented.^ the meeting: 1 "V.tof '■: Rump steak Is, beef steak £)d v sirloin 2cly prime ribs Bd, wing ribs 9d , top ,s,dft 9d, corn round Bd, corn roliec i (n-ofc sold), gravy : beef 7d., : . "Mutton : Legs l^d, hind quarter 7d , fore quarter s£d hiilf-shoulder 7d, whoU shoulder fyd, half loin 7id. ■ "The above prices are for cash ovei tha counter." In acpordance with the Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald's request the Mayor •; is submitting the above prices to the Minister, who it will be recalled telegraphed to Mr Whemiit on Jaariiary 24 ivs follows: '.'Received your letter re supplying town with meat from freezing works. I am -prepared to supply butchers at coat price from freezing Works if they will sell at i-eaisonabla prices. Could you kindly-supply me ' With the following infofmp^ion, namely, at what price butchers* will supply, see list attached. You might meet '-butchers and' find cut what' price* they are' prepared to supply for. -cash: over*cotiiiter or for booking, en'e mptlthi and delivery; ". .' \" ..'. Questioned oft .the subject to-day ' the Mayor stated; 'that he had been , advised thai., the mam pricea at the Government shop at Auckland were . as follows : Sirloin Bd, ( rump lid, steak v 7.d, l<?g muttoii"-7£, side mutton <6d, fore quarter mutton s£d. ..',-■ It will be noted that the 00-operative Meat Co. wag .not represented at .the master butchers' 'meeting j and from what can be gathered it is ( understood the company' has^offefed'its shops to the Government. . .; . /