MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 4031, 16 June 1931, Page 13

MEAT PRODUCERS’ BOARD.

SMITHFIELD PRICES. The New Zealand Meat Producers' Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated June 12, advising that the following are the approximate average prices realised tor the week, based on actual transactions of wholesale quantities of the descriptaons of meat mentioned, and are for representative parcels of the goods offe-ing during the week, being for business done on the basis of delivered to Smithfield Market and/or ex Londons stores: — (Prices for the two previous weeks are also shown).

N.Z. Frozen Veal —- — — Lamb Market: First quality remains firm, with quiet demand. -Second quality firmer at . 'better prices. Mutton Market: Wethers and ewes, market quiet but steady. There is a good demand for light weight wethers. Beef Market: Practically no demand for frozen beef. New Zealand Porker Pigs: Market is dull, with little demand. New Zealand Baconer Pigs: Nominal prices.

Two katipo spiders were brought into the Wanganui Chronicle office by a man who has been employed in transplanting marram grass at Castlecliff. He stated that the spiders, which are fairly plentiful, are to be found in their webs at tire bottom of the tufts of the grass. They are fairly “sleepy” at this time of tlte year, and unless disturbed show very little liveliness. The two brought in were large. Generally, the specimens found would fit over a threepenny bit, but the two exhibited would spread over a shilling piece.

ei v—f 1* <D s S3 i NX. Sheep (Canterbury and N.I.)— Crossbred Wethers and & Malden Ewes 48/5G .. 5} 54 5 Selected .» 57/61 .. 65/72 .. 4? 5 4g 42 North Island ». .. 48/56 .. 5 5 42 57/64 42 4? 41 65/72 .. 4J 44 <2 Ewes 48/under 4g 42 •4J 48/64 .. 4 4 33 65/72 .. 33 3? 31 NX Lambs— Canterbury .. 36/under 7? 73 73 37/42 .. 7 if 73 7i’ 43/50 .. 74 74 74 Second Quality ,, Aver. 33 63 64 Clher Smith Island brands .. »» .. 36/nnder 73 72 71 37/42 .. 73 74 74 43/50 . . 7J 7J 73 Selected North Island brands, Including Downs .. .. 36/under 8 8 73 37/42 .. 72 73 73 43/50 .. 74 75 74 Second Quality Aver. 31 '7 «$ 6J Other North Island Brands— First Quality 36/under 74 74 7 37/42 .. 74 74 7 Second Quality ., Aver. 31 63 63 64 Australian Lambs— Victorian, first quality 36/under 6g 64 6 37/42 ■.. 6% 64 6 Argentine Lamb— First quality .. .. 36/imder 63 64 6 37/42 .. 64 6 55 NX. Beef— Ok fores -> .. < —I MM MM Ox hinds .. . • . —* — MM MM MM MM •— Mm Argentine Chilled Beef— 25 24 22 Ox hinds .. ... . 63 64 55 Australian Frozen BeefOx crops, over 1001b .. •. 24 21 21 Ox hinds, over IGOlb .. .. 34 34 32 N.Z. Frozen Pork— Porkers, CO/lOOlb 5J 5J Porkers, 101/1201b 54 54 54 Baconers, 121/1801b • • «• 5 0 54