FROZEN MEAT.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14211, 28 May 1910, Page 6

FROZEN MEAT.

LONDON MKAT .MAiIKKT. I'ruin the (.'. C. and I). Company's mad report dated Cmiou. April I-jui, ui- take the P-lbo'-in- :- ■

Trade in the n.eal market cliirin- Iho stron-ly dehned hut distinei t.-nden-laes. C'uiil Kitsluij siljiiii.es el all liad a .steadv t'.nv.aid movement. Sin.-i----faster there hit's lieeii no dilli. idly exvaiiK-, have receded iroin Liie ki-kost points, touched. '! hj- -nod p.-.cos v, lii.-li prevailed ier iresh mutton and beef ha.l the eii'eet of attract in j: <Vn I ineiii., ]

shipments. Smail eitant it ies oi mutton l.ave arrived from * I tollan.!.. v, hah is sideraide'emlsiemi'imils Vi'" 'beef have come to hand item Denmark. .Dunn- the current v. ivk trade has keen very slow and .ira--,n- and places ;iin nioviie.. in ia'.oiir i.i buyer-,. I !ome--rov, n beef lias maintained its position i'airlv weil. as the demand for th-' choicest'qualitv daes not varv liiueli. iki-li-h sides are ..noted at -">:";< Ile (id per !!... am! Scotch sides at (id 1., CM "i.-r !(.. Port-killed href is s.-liin- at :V;<] to (ii.l per 1i.., imt even at t!ies<- prices carcase hoteliers are iiiulin-c tiiii'u-ii'iy in kamlhn- the- meat to a pro 111 as kve cattle are so dear. Danish beet is very mixed in quality and covers ;i wide ramie in prices. The pleni.tul supply „f butilii American eluded i,cei mis keen accompanied by a decline in value, ami qu.uaanis are now ah-.,tit oil a level i.ilii kve weeks aim. Til- second ecnsiciiment of chilled heel _ln.ni Australia t!:d not arrive ;;; stick satisfactory condition as the first, lu'.t it is !.mkr. 5 te,.,.1 that tiio shipment was made under adverse conditions. 'l'lu- demand for mutton has "been vat-inkle. A short supply of liomee,ne.v>t mutton, comkmd with the absence ~i Contnie.it.il stiopk-'s raised values to ;; no,- level : j-.n-ksh sln-ep reaeiieti 7Ui iier lh. mid :--otck sheep o-!d j.er ]!i., n h.le even rilunsh euis tiiade UP i., tk.l pei- Ik. Aiii.li easiet-

prnes ;„•- now rukii-. ami -nod Kn--j;=n wetki-rs ,:,u I,- 1,..;-_:i,t at Op! per etves k:iv,. kern, sold as low

A si.n.ii cous.-nmeut „i Xew Zeal-mid pork oi exc lie.it ouaktv was rec-utlv <m the market, and the Customs' return.- show that eoiisiderakie (piantities ol Cmnese poi k are still comum in, the year's inii,.»uts_ of liie latter der-t :od i'uis i-; ali louvirued into liaeon

purine; tiu- iivi- weeks, amoi.ni tu s Uo __ .li-. canases. hut tkis lUerease in tliu receipts lias keen i,,ade H uate to krm-: tke tot::l i imports f„r ti:e jour uy Lo How ever, tke lvoeipis of mutuiii from Australia eractially i-.-daee the sltort-n--e.s (rem V-w Zeakiiid and South Anienca Tke li-liL supply, Willi ki-k values f,.r Jiome-crov.n mutton, tmiklod a sul.staiituil advaneo Jil prices to bo esiahhshed in. the earlier ponton ~I the period under re-vti-v. . (.'auterkury siieep toueiied J-?.! per lb., and .Wtii Islanils reueked altnost tlie same ii.m.re. After Kaster larger supplier were available. and! v.iiile tliere was no more activitv in tlie ortiinary retail tletuaml, imnorters wkose purchases showed a eood' j.roiit at current rales were in haste to --e. akse. wit!, tke usual result i>( -iviim a mueu weaker tone to quotations. Canterbury brands now ran-m from -J [d ~ -lid per Ik., m,d North Isl-inds from -jd to J;,l per lb, Good North Island ,,i a|| wei-|,ts 1, 11 v... been ire-,. sold at d,d per lh. As stocks are -n't )n moderate compass and the s f,j,;.. ments ailoat are not keavy. the ilull -_ ket skoti.d n-t voi- a firm.., tone South Atm-rman Mutton—Tho' tot-1 l-eceipts to date amount to Git! ->.33 ~.u . _ eases, a dedme of -JiiSmu emcases ', „ last vsjrs total at tke same da-.-. rp, s lallin-r-off is largely rc-s.mn.MLU.' /or tl^ m-irher'-^'tV 1^111 "",'" tll( ' ">"«»» maiket as it has created a ibmand f, r -ns.rakan and New "keep ' h r ' ■"'"""'' quotation lias .now keen .'-educed to 3al per 11,.. , !Ilt t)l( , ' XCn,m "'b' t.nuted. North mo M Ikets uilitlliiiß ji : -..,_. u -,. th J,,,!,,..,. tarns me, 1,-,-en, ,-aies [ H:in ,, „ lllilll . lll , ( „ l •i. -i .il.an .\tuitou.—Altliou -h 1,-,,-e !'.',' ! T' ;: ni l .« , . Vt ' e '" : '° "' ,ii,, " , ■• 10 _.i,.k,i!,!.) carcases, mid ;he vear's ~," '■" Pis are_ already 3S-_'.:i.i!) „> Si's 1 ' m.; ! ' Sfi; l ;;;; r l '; i ;,' i,;,rkn k!?,,.:' !; !!r: k7e'';n.on e of w siupm;.,n:: Kivdi^siu^c!;;:;, Artmntine'miluon o'"r a-d per lb. ' U ' U dmvn to .n.uivtt lia.s keen sinulav to that i',,ritezen mutton, that Is to sav t 1, • Pnees have „,, way md -V h t ' euee <„■ ~,„ , ,; e y ''"'" available sim-e V'-ter TU demand ] las ~ei., ei . f;;il , y %* l.me <;t year, but >,-, ;i ,,t dcvelooei v «"m.«hto oo,«. nlth i' St<H + CS Atnerii-,re'rar'::!'" «"'«> /.eaiitl i.,,,,.. |„ nt ,„..ts t.. akout VI r> Pr quantities aftoat a,-. ] K , ; ,,! V ",,, .1 V V'° ™.nd w,ll prokakK- 'fc ruli^atthesameXtJ-la^U 1086 !