LONDON MEAT MARKET

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 301, 12 March 1928, Page 12

LONDON MEAT MARKET

OFFICIAL RESUME Under date March 9, the London Office of the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board cabled as follows: New Zealand Wethers and Maidens.— Canterbury quality, selected brands, 561 b. and under, 7Jd a lb.; 571 b. to 641 b., 7d; 651 b. to 721 b., 53d; 561 b. and under, 7 3-8 d; 571 b. to 641 b., 63d; 651 b. to 721 b., 5 5-Bd. New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury quality, 361 b. and under, 9ad; 371 b. to 421 b., 9Jd; 431 b. to 501 b., 9 3-8 d; seconds, 9d. Selected brands, 361 b. and under, 9Jd; 371 b. to 421 b., 9£d. Other brands, first quality, 361 b. and under, 9 l-8d; 371 b. to 421 b., 9 l-8d; second quality, 301 b. to 321 b., average, 83d. Australian Lambs.—Victorian, first quality, 361 b. and under, BJd. Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 361 b. and under, SJd; 371 b. to 421 b., 81d. New Zealand Beef.—Ox fores, 3 5-8 d; hinds, 43d; cow fores, 3Jd; hinds, 4d. Argentine Frozen Beef.—Ox fores* 3|d; Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox fores, 4 l-8d; hinds, 6d. Frozen Pork.—Porkers, 601 b. to 801 b., 7|d; 811 b. to 991 b., 63d; 1001 b. to 1201 b., 6|d; baconers, 1211 b. to 1801 b., 63d. Lamb Market.—Prices easing-, as arrivals are now heavier. Mutton Market.—Firm, with short stocks. Higher prices checking demand. New Zealand Beef. In very slow demand. Stocks light. New Zealand Frozen Pork.—Position tIt 1 " to , !201b. sorts is unchanged. Market is slow; there has been a better demand for forward shipments of 1211 b. to 1801 b. sorts. Under date March 9 the London office the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., cabled as follows: “New Zealand Frozen Meat.—Lamb, quiet ,» market weak. Mutton, market ENCOURAGING TRADE N.Z. COMMISSIONER’S WORK By Cable . — Press Association .— Copyright. LONDON, Saturday. Mr. L. B. Beale, British Trade Commissioner to New Zealand, is interviewing many London manufacturers for the purpose of explaining the advantages of the new tariff preferences granted by New Zealand, which he believes to be the most favourable outside Britain. He is pointing out the advantages of establishing branch factories in New Zealand, where, he says, materials and labour are very favourable to industrial development owing to the co-operation of the agricultural, pastoral and dairying industries. Mr. Beale will later visit the provinces, Scotland and Northern Ireland.—A. and N.Z. MINING NEWS LUCKY SHOT.— The manager reports: The crosscut from the bottom of 1 winze at the 50ft. level has been advanced 12 feet for the week, making a total of 60 feet. The country rock passed through is all that could be desired. The survey of the mine has been completed and the position and the nature of the last quartz passed through does not corresp^nd i J wlt ? l the main lode, which ahead ~Wlth itS usual underlay be further