PRICE OF BEEF. INVERCARGILL, June 2. A proposal; that cattle for the Invercargill meat market should be purchased by weight instead! of at auction was placed before a Xneeting of Southland cattle graziers yester- , day afternoon. The meeting approvi ed of the scheme, and also supported I a suggestion that the basic price for beef should be increased. The vote of the graziers was unanimouslv in favour of the scheme. Support was also accorded the Farmers’ Union representations for a basic price of dE2 per 1001 b. for prime beef, with weekly increments of 9d a week from the beginning of June to a maxipium of £2 12s, and a reduction to the basic price in December.
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Grey River Argus, 7 June 1943, Page 5
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117Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Grey River Argus, 7 June 1943, Page 5
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