LONDON MARKET REPORT

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18972, 25 March 1924, Page 8

LONDON MARKET REPORT

FROZEN MEAT. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 23. The Now Zealand Meat Producers’ Board received the following cable from its London office, dated March 21, advising Smithfield delivered prices at that'dates, as follows: N.Z. Wethers and Maidens.—Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561bs. and under, B]d per ib.;‘s7/641b5., 8d; 05/72 lbs., 7Ad; other brands, 561bs. and under, Bjd; 57/641b5., 7Jd; 65/721b5., 7ld. N.Z. Ewes. —641bs. and under, 6,]d. N.Z. new season’s lamb.—Canterbury quality, 361bs. and under, JOd; 37/421bs. lOd; 43/501b5., lOd; seconds, 9Ad; selected brands ,361bs. and under, 10|d; 37/421 bs., 10Jd other brands, Ist quality, 421b5., and under, 9Jd; seconds, 9{d. N.Z. Beef. —Not quoted. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, ox hinds, 54 d. Argentine Frozen Beef.—Ox lores, 3£d; ox hinds, sd. Frozen Pork. —80/120 lbs., 7£d; 120/1801bs., 7d. Lamb.—New Zealand prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury heavy, 93d; Canterbury light lOTd; North Island heavy, 9d; light 9|d. Demand for New Zealand lamb is poor owing to cold weather. Market is weaker. Mutton.—New Zealand prime crossbred mutton. Canterbury heavy, 7Ad; Canterbury light 8d; North Island heavy 7d; light 7Ad. Demand for New Zealand mutton is moderate. Market weaker. Australian Frozen Meat. —Good average quality crossbred lamb. Australian heavy, 8d; light BAd. Demand for Australian lamb is poor. Good average quality crossbred mutton fid. Demand for Australian mutton is limited. COTTON, RUBBER, JUTE, ETC. LONDON, March 22. Cotton. —Auril shipment, 16.85 d per lb. Rubber.—Para, 11 Ad per lb.; plantation smoked, lljd. Jute. —March and April shipmetns, £7 7s 6d per ton. Hemp.—March to May shipments, £36 10s per ton. Copra.—March to April shipments, £27 5s per ton. Linseed 0i1.—£39 per ton. Turpentine.—7B/6 per cwt. MEAT QUOTATIONS. Sheep.—Canterbury, heavy, 7Ad per lb.; New Zealand ewes, 6fd; Australian ewes, ssd; Argentine, light, 7d; heavy, sid; ewes, sd. Lambs.—Canterbury, light, lOd; medium, lOd; heavy, lOd ;seconds, 9Ad; other seleeteds, both lOJd; North Island firsts, 9|d; seconds, 9}d; Australian firsts, Victoria, 93d; other States, 9d; seconds, Victorian 9sd; others, 9d; thirds, 9d; Argentine, firsts, light 9}d; medium, BAd. Frozen Beef.—Argentine, fores, 33d; Uruguay fores, 3fd. Chilled: Argentine fores 3jd, hinds s{d; Uruguay, fores 3Ad, hinds 4Jd; others unchanged.