POSITION OP THE MEAT TRADE.

Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14588, 17 December 1917, Page 6

POSITION OP THE MEAT TRADE.

(Australian and N.E. Cablo Associati'-'S 1,

London j LVc. 14. "-■Tho moat irado is in a. critical state. Butchers uvo keenly compoting. There aro insufficient, cattle. Fat bailoeks are realising .-£9O, which is much more than the valuo under the fixed prices of dead mp.-it. Butchers threaten" tc close their shops unless prices are feed for live stock.