LONDON MEAT MARKETS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 101, 22 January 1921, Page 7

LONDON MEAT MARKETS

HIGH PRICES. CAUSE OF ANXIETY, Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co., the London agents, reporting on November 30, 1920, state that tho high prices ruling for Home-killed meat give cause for considerable anxiety to wholesalers from day to day, as fluctuations were on a greater margin than in pre-war days. Supplies were not regulated, and with Dutch mutton arriving on several occasions during the previous month in fair quantities, as much as. 4d- per stone fluctuation had to be recorded. It was-quite clear that there was a limit to th? quantity of meat the public would take -nt present high prices, which would only recover on a reversion to . smaller supplies. Scotch beef was quoted at Is. 7d. to Is. Bd., and English at Is. 3d. to Is. 4-ld., cow beef Is. to Is.' 2d. Scotch mutton was Is. Bd. to Is. lid., English Is. sd. to Is. Bd., ewes Is. to Is. 5d.; Dutch, Is. 2d. to Is. 9d. Scotch hill lambs made from ls.'Bd. to 2s. 2d. A good demand continued for imported meat at maximum prices. -Storage companies were again canvassing for ■ storage; New Zealand mutton was particularly in demand, and noticeably in short supply. Buyers were keen-to forward supplies of lamb of 1920-21 killings, and it was -hoped that the Government price control would not prevent business. No alteration in the control price of lamb was to be expected at least before March 31 next, according to the latest official announcement. Beef had been in good supply, with top maximum prices obtainable for best descriptions, otherwise there was no change.