SHIPMENT OF MEAT

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3183, 6 September 1917, Page 8

SHIPMENT OF MEAT

; : I iffiEAKING THB.RULES. '' 'Bearing bri'tli'e nij.es laid down ljj the (Imperial authorities as to preference in ' shipment of certairi.'olasses of meat. Mr. -ißrown asked a question in the House of . j Bepreeentatives on' the subject. He ""[■wished 7 to know from' tho' Prime Minie- ' ter (l),Whj'the Wellington Meat-freezing ,' Company was allowed to ship 400,000 "jliimba'ivhen other companies were not J allowed ■to ship any Jambs.' (2) T i\ny I these. 100,000 .lambs. :did,:.not go to the debit'of nine-ordinary .space allotments of the Wellingtoncompany? ',' "'TTie' Prime' Ministex 'replied:—The allo- , . Tcafion .of; all refrigerated space in oversea steamers is undertaken by the 0v0r- ... J £eas Shipowners', Committee appointed by, ;tholmperial Governnient.ajidfrom whom '. I they received direct instructions. It was J found eonio timo ago that a quantity of lamb was shipped by Wellington meat Companies whon beef qr wether mutton .... N'dbould hare been shipped, owinj'to the ['-':■' 'instructions--which" had been received '!from the Imperial Government and pass'■cd on to freezing companies having been , jihisintcrpreted. ; .As 'Boon as it cauio iin\Vler notice tnatsoimv.freezing companies '■■ "'had departed'from tho,instructions steps ■ ".were taken to adjust; matters "By allot;'.;iing space for lamb -at other ports vl ere " "'Freezing companies had respected the iu"istructions of the Imperial Government. ' yCTOier cases.of the irregular shipment .of ] lamb were".-brought under th'e notice of ■ "'tlie Overseas-Shipowners' Committee by .'.'trade and tlui matter was taken. : up with tho compani'M concerned. The '■New Zealand Overseas Shipowners' Com- "-.■■■ "mittee have relied in the past upon the ifreozing companies respecting and giving ,' effect to it 3 notiflcalions issued from 'time to time as to tho class of meat to ■'"'1)0. shipped, but have now taken steps ■•.'"'to securo adherence to fhe instructions 'of the Imperial Government.' 1: BURNSffiE STOCK SALES ./-.'' By,Telegraph—Frsss Association. Z \ » Dunedin, September 5... ... At Burneide yards 231 fat cattlo were ~'..• yarded. Competition for well-finished bul-, : locks was good at prices Jss.to 20s: a' .lead above last' week's rates. Light and medium cattle wero in over supply, and iprices showed no improvement. Best bullocks to .£80; extra prime heavy, MS to £26; medium, .£lB td light unfinished, JEIS" upwards; best cows, ,£l6 10s.; medium, .£ll lft?. to £13 10s.; others, '.£9 : 10s: upwards. Tho number of hheep penned was 3307, a very considerable'pro- .. portion being light unfinished wethers, which "declined .Is. to Is. Gd. a head. There . >vas a email proportion, of priino wethers, with'" a few pens, of extra heavy, which sold at an'advance on last week's rates. Exporters were still off the market,-and '.'iew'graziers ,wcro prosent. Best wethers •455. to 50s. ;i few extra prime heavyj 7*3.; medium, <10s.' to 455.; light unfinished,' SBs.Ttb ,405.; best heavy ewes, 425. to 47b. Hd.; medium, 355. to 10s.; light unfinished, 275. 6d. upwards, ~ '. • The shortage of sheet eteol still continues, .'and amongst other manufacturers 1 A. J- Parton, of Carterton, ie feeling the pinh. Hβ advises that owing to the shortage, orders for the famous Victor cheese vats can only be executed, in rotation. .Factory! managers are, advised to place' : orders now.- A. -J/ Par"■"•toii; Sheet Metal and Plumbing JWorks, Pembroke Street, Carterton.—Advt. ■■".■:

ADDINGTON STOCK SALES, By Telegraph-Press Association. Christchurch, September 5. .At Addington market there wero moderate yardings of almost all clnsses of stock. There was a largo attendance of buyers. For store sheep and beef the market opened easier, but firmed up to last wook'e prices. Fat sheep opened at about Is. por head in advance of tbo previous week's rates, but ease 4 a. little towards the end. There was a small entry of fat lambs, and only about oue-hnlf were sold, tho others failing to reach owners' value. Storo ehcep were in keen demand, and prices were firm, hoggets showing a riso of about Is. per head. Store cattle were in better demand, i-nd all classes of pigs sold well. ' Store sheep—Sound-mouthed ewes to 325. fid.; two'and four-tooth wethers, 255. 3d. to 365. lid.; four and six-tooth wethers, 3Gs. 3d. to 395.; six nnd eight-tooth wethers, 375. Id. to 38*. Id-: ewe hoggets,/ to 335. 4d.; wether hoggets, 245. Id. to 31s 3d.; mixed sex hoggets, 275. Gd. Lambs—New season's lambs, 295. to 335. Fat sheep—Extra prime- wethers, to 555. 9n.; prime wethers, 429. to 505.; lighter wethers, 365. Id. 1o tls.; prime merino wethers, 325. 3d. to 395.; lighter merino wethers, 245. to 295. 3d.; oxtra prime ewes, 485.; prime ewes, 38s. Gd. to 395. 9d.; lighter ewes, 275. to 3Ss.; hoggets, 255. 3d. to 333. 6d. Fat cattle-Prime steers, .217 to J!23 10s.; ordinary steers, £9 7s. Gd. to .£l6; extra isrime cows, to .820 12s. Gd.; prime cows, .£l3 to £19; ordinary cows, £< 10s. to M 2; otxra prime heifors, to JE2O 155.; primo heifers, .£ll' to .£l4; ordinary heifcrt, 17e. Gd. to £\0 Ws. Store cattle—Mixed yearlings, M .Us.; yearling steers, £i 125.; two-year steers, £1 10s. to £3 55.; two-year heifers, £6 125.; two and three-year steers, .£9 135.; dry cows, i£2 ss. to £9 10s.; dairy, cows, to JEM, and up to JS2O for extra good Pigs—Choppers, £3' to .£lO 55.; extra heavy baconers, £6 15s. 5 heavy baconers, '■£5 ss. to £6; lighter baconers, Mto ■MA5s., equal to 9d. to Did. per lb.; heavy porkers,- £3 to .£3 10s.: lighter porkers, £i Ba. to £1 165., equal to lOd. to lOid. per lb.; larpe stores, 555. to AS; medium stores, "48s. to sk; smaller, 83s. to 405.; woaners, 17s. to 28s.