COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 1 August 1924, Page 1

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

SHIPMENTS OK MEAT. Ihe New Zealand .Meat Prodiu ers Hoard has rieciveil a rahli' from its ropresentai ive at Hueiios Aires. South America, advisine the followiii" -hipnienls to t fie l nite-l Kiu»dont for the lollni"hl ended L’lith .Inly. IPl’I. trout Argentine and l riitruay : - lob. I'D ipiarlers chilled heel, .'IS.S77 ipiart-r- Irozcn heel. .jil.ol.'J earea-e' I|-/C*| mutton. i'l.P-l carcase - Ir-.ccii land-. The ijiiantity shipped to tin* C'onliueni i.I Europe iluriu" the same period totalled: JJS.sltl) ipiaiter* frozen heel, ] I,•1-57 carcases frozen nun ton. AHCENTINK CONDITIONS. The South American representative of i In- New Zealand Meat Producers Hoard in his last monthly letter writes a- follows re-'iirditif' the General condition- as applyino lo live-stock in ike Argentine:—

••There i- little n-.-w to report iti the meat u-iule. tluni"h continental tirade of heel i- i: usiderahly dearer ow iii" to the lar"e -hinmeut- a- you see to the Continent. Since loth April all transactions in let entile in this country lull-- l<i he eairied out on a price per Id hi. Six.* v.eitiht. and tin* necessary nei.etiihridues have been installed in the local cattle market and in tile dillert-i’t fieeziue work-. Swift- price- to-day for live -tuck are a- follow-:—Chiller •leers l.li'd to -I.old |>er kilo. live -.veiiht put in work-. Thi- i- c<|ital to ~.od per pound ilead. Continental Crude. :t.'_’7d to id per kilo, live weight or L'.S.'ld to :i.27d per pound dead, (mod few- 2.7.'(d per kilo, live iveiyhi or i’.27d. oer notind dead, ('miners l.'Dd t-i 1.'.-’d per kilo, live ivei"ht. Sli.-ep wet hers, ltd to (hood per pound dead. Ewe- I.. 'fid to 1.!,*1d. lio""-t- 7.’J7d to 'd per pound dead in works. There i- a iar"o avaihthl.--ap|,:y -if flit cattle hat l-e-t jjrade cliilh ;•- are dillieult to obtain and a h,r::.‘ ponenla"e ol the cattle slauttli--1: r I at nr.'-ent are iilsl a little -hol t i I »• m:-li . Sim.- and brcedili- eatlhare eheap-.-r mviii" to early Irosl- in diifereut part- of the country where t'a- recant croon "I'owili *»r pa-ture will rapidly disappear. Tin- rat-- of exclimme to-day is cf|tial to the pound -terlin.C.