MEAT PRICES.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1924, Page 2

MEAT PRICES.

IUHTIIALIAN AND N.Z. CARLE ASSOCIATION THE RETAILER'S VIEWS. LONDON, November 22. A leading London retail butcher, combatting tbo assertions of profiteering, [minted out that New Zealand lamb in [ire-war days was ojd per pound wholesale. Legs were retailed at SCI per lb, and the breast at 5.1 d wholesale. The cost note was thirteen pence per lb retail, with eightpenco per ill, for legs, hut the lower cuts remained at tile pre-war scale. The butchers found Colonial 1 :111b a losing proposit inn. The London Corporation Markets Committee for the guidance of the public, has issued the first price list of proper retail meat prices, wherein it is Mated allowance is made tor a reasonable prulii. The respective prices per pound for home grown and imported as are follow: Rump steak 2s Si I ami Ls Sil; sirloin Is lOd and' ls Id: uiultcn. legs and loins Is (id and Is 2d. lamb, legs and loins ls Kid and ls N lid. The "Daily llerahl,” discussing the suggested scheme for control ol meat supplies says: AN illiout communal purchase and distribution with fixed pi ices the scheme will do nothing to restrict the operat ions ot meat trusts, which at. present dominate the markets. 'IIIO explanation of the rise in prices is that there is a real shortage in mutton, this war. the deficiency being nearly two million eaivsises. THE ROYAL COMMISION. LONDON, November 22. It is officially announced that tho Government decided to appoint a Royal Commission under the Chairmanship of Sir Auckland Geddes to investigate the disparity between the prices received by producers and those paid hv customers in respect to articles (if food for general consumption. Sir I’. Lloyd Grcamo meets representatives of the Federation of British Industries on November 2oth to discuss Australian tariff changes.