PRICES FOR MEAT

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 929, 24 March 1930, Page 12

PRICES FOR MEAT

REPORTS FROM LONDON LONDON', Saturday. The weekly quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meats are based on actual sales of wholesale quantities of carcases of muttor or lamb, or of quarters of beef delivered io Smithfield market and/or ex London stores. They are compiled by the Quotations Committee. Smithfield. To arrive at the equivalent ox ship values cno farthing a pound should be deducted from the prices quoted below. Quotations given represent the average for the week and are not selected lines, but for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments now' on offer. New Zealand Sheep.—Canterbury and North Island selected crossbred wethers and maiden ewes. 481 b to 561 b 7d: 571 bto 641 b. 6Jd; 651 bto 721 b! 6 l-Bd. North Island. 481 bto 561 b. « 7-Sd: 571 b to 641 b. 6 5-8 d: 651 b to 721 b, 6d; New Zealand ewes, 4Slb to 641 b. 6a: 651 b to 721 b, 53d. Australian Sheep.—First quality crossbreds and/or Merino wethers. 401 b to 651 b, 6sd; second quality, 301 bto 551 b, 6id; Australian ewes, 301 b to 551 b, 6d. Argentine Sheep.—First quality crossbred wethers. 481 b to 641 b, 6*d; 651 h to 721 b. s*d; over 721 b, sld. New Zealand Lambs.—Canterbury, 361 b and under, 83d; 371 bto 421 b 8 5-8 d: 431 b to 501 b, 8 3-8 d; second quality, average. 331 b. 83d; selected North Island brands. 371 bto 421 b. s 5-Sd: 431 b and 501 b, s3<l: other North Island brands, first quality, 371 b to 421 b. 8 Id. Australian Lambs.—Victorian first quality. 361 b and under, 8d; 371 b to 421 b, 7 7-Sd; other States, first qualitv, 361 b and under, 7 3-Sd; 371 bto 421 b 74d. Argentine Lambs.—First quality, 361 b and under. 7 7-Sd; 371 b to 421 b, 73d; 431 b to 501 b. 7id. Argentine Chilled Beef.—Ox hinds, 1601 b to 2201 b, 7 5-Sd. New Zealand Pigs.—First quality, 601 b to 1001 b, 10 7-8 d: 1011 b to 1201 b. lOd; others unchanged.

GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA LONDON, Saturday, The Bank of England has received .£1,000,000 in gold from Australia by the Maloja and another £1,000,000 by the Baradine. SYDNEY IMPROVES Itecd. 10.0 a.m. SYDNEY, Today. The Sydney Stock Exchange business was brisker over the week-end. The turnover was larger and prices were firmer, tending to recot er some of the ground lost in the previous two or threo days.