Commercial

Horowhenua Chronicle, 20 September 1911, Page 4

Commercial

LONDON MEAT MAIIIvETTS. ■EFFECT OF THE LABOUR STRIKE. lUie Colonial Consignment and stributing Co. send us their weekmarket report, dated London, igust 11, as follows:— l'lie full effect of the strike at the jcks was not felt in the meat mar-' t, until the middle of this week, d the position is now acute. The mauds of the dock labourers for yeased pay were referred to arbiation, and resulted in an award vourable to them; but, so far from termination to the dispute being rived at, it was made a condition ecedent to the resumption of work at the claims of their sections of arisport workers should "be satisfaorily settled." At the time of writg lightermen, coal porters, caren, and railway servants are out on rike, in addition to the ord'inary )ck and riverside labour, and the iport and export trade of London id Liverpool is paralysed. Under fese conditions, the imported, meat ado is practically at a standstill. ot„only is it impossible to draw any ipplies from the vessels in dock, it the .majority of the London ores are unable to make deliveries, 1 t-lio absence of carmen. Prices aturally show some remarkable adinces, but these are entirely artdfial, and the amount of business done p the few salesmen who are a;ble to icept orders is practically limited, 2 -the quantity which the buyer is ble to take away. The quotations iVon, therefore, have little value, hilled beef shows the most marked ppreciation. Although there are sport about 50.000 quarters, there 'as nothing pitched on Smithfield on iiesday and only a very few quarts on Wednesday. Nothing is lining forward now by rail either rom Liverpool or Southampton. ilAs a result of the increased cost Fi labour arising from the present rouble, the Port of Labour Authofty'have notified the port due will increased by per cent, from inst., pending the revision f-tthe rate-books and tariffs in deail. - fPfew Zealand Mutton.—No deliver. -cargo have been made during he?week, and there Has been no fesh arrival. Business is too rer tricted to require report, and many allers are asking prices which can nly; !be justified on the ground of Sje difficulty in executing orders. Lamb.—The only addition stocks is 11,900 carcases from America. The enquiry was ■nproved before business was stoped/by the strike, and l the further tamuTus of short supplier has port alues at a high level, but the bnsi|ss actually done is, of course, excomely limited. * _".... _ __ -