COMMERCIAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18065, 17 April 1933, Page 2

COMMERCIAL

FROZEN MEAT MARKET With the exception of a general reduction of prices for wether mutton of from to per lb, rates for New Zealand meat at Smithlield remain firm, with lightweight selected North Island lamb selling at id above the corresponding typo of South Island lamb. The only alteration shown in the Meat Board’s weekly circular for pigs is a decline of id per lb for baconers. The Meat Board reviews the position as follows: “Lamb.—lightweight is steady, but heavyweight is inclined to ease. Consumption continues excellent, “Mutton.—Wethers, prices are lower, with trade slow. The market for owes is steady and unchanged. “Beef is meeting' with a poor demand owing to lower prices for Argentine cliilled beef.

“N.Z. Porker Pigs.—The demand is slackening as usual for the time of year. For Now Zealand baconev pigs the market is quiet.”

A large Dunedin brewery has sold its complete present stock of barley to an American company at 7s 6d a bushel and it is shortly to be shipped to the United (States. This should give a fillip to the barley growers of New Zealand, since it is unlikely that largo slocks will be available in America. “Finest New Zealand butter 2d per half-pound.” Tin's startling announcement appeared recently in a Scottish newspaper, in which the Albion Stores, Limited, of Kirriemuir, advertised their goods. Even making allowance for the fact that this offer was a. special one combined with half a pound of choice Ceylon tea at Is, it brings homo the realisation of tho difficulty the New Zealand producer experiences in obtaining a. remunerative price on the British market.