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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 17 May 1934, Page 3

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EXPORT STOCK KILLINGS A GENERAL DECLINE There lias been a general decline in fat stock Killings in Now Zealand lot export, more particularly in tin; South lsidiicl, and tuo only type of beast in winch tnero lias been an increase is pigs, in respect of winch there has ueen a remarxablo increase. North Island killings of lambs and ewes show a decided increase, the North island figures for lambs from October 1 to April 30 being 4,139,954, against 3,829,Ai1) during the corresponding period last season, while for wethers the total to April 30 was 585,0(0, against 516,972 last year. The Boutli island figures showed such a large decline that the totals for tjiie whole Dominion were smaller tins season than last,

Killings at all works in the Dominion from October 1 to April 50 arc given as follows by too Meat Hoard, figures for the corresponding period of last season

BUTTER STILL RISING NOW QUOTED AT 77/The market for New Zealand butter in London is still improving, and a further increase of Is per ewt. is reported to-day, bringing the quotation to 775. A pleasing feature of the most recent advance is that the market remains firm at the higher rate. Messrs. Joseph Nathan and Company report to-day as follows; —“Butter, 775. Both the butter and cheese markets are firm.’’ The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the billowing advice from London, dated May ]7 .—‘‘Butter, 76s to 775. Cheese, white 44s to 455, colored 445; the market is Advance payments for but toiTat supplied during April are to be made this month generally at 7d per II). to suppliers to butter factories, while 8d is general for cheese factory suppliers. The following butter factory payments have been announced: — Morrinsville, Nil; Cheltenham, Awnhuri, liongatea, liaugilikei, Kairanga, Farmers’ Dairy Union ( Man,a wata ), Sunny Park (Waikato) 7d. Cheese payments are; Norfolk and Sunny Park (Waikato), Nil. The Tauranga Dairy Association will pay .Sd, together with Id bonus on January supplies.

also' being given : — 1933-34 1932-53 Bc-ef (quarters) 219.087 258.548 Wether mutton (car.) 714,459 922,171 821,738 Ewe (carcases) 798.168 Lamb (cactuses) 7,176,349 7,429,819 l’ork, porkers (car.) 269,187 187,571 Pork, baeoners (car.) Boneless beef (freight 95,188 50,551 carcases) 362.872, 238.851 Sundries (frt. car.) 188.967 129.101