LONDON MEAT MARKET.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3472, 28 April 1920, Page 6

LONDON MEAT MARKET.

' Messrs Gilbert Anderson {and’ Co.” report that importers having realised" the importance’ (ff improving consump-' ‘HOII and ha§t'éni'ng ‘-file’ bleaziances wof all, stocks from shore,‘ in order ‘to "ex-' pedite the discharge "of "vcs'sel-s,’ have at last bcell.’.'su?‘cessful"in getting‘-th’6 authorities to’ agree again'tb 'the prim ciple of leaving the distribution in their hands. "It is, therefore ihopcd‘ at an early date that'moat<';Will' ‘once again bé left to individual firms to find a market. and "push" sizi]e'sT',""i’Exthel' than go On under)-the ‘pr€.'j'CNt'(;'-SySx‘tr§3]?‘}:‘ of releasing the nic-at as application is more or lesswmde fo.r.:§ar;lp..;‘}/_

. The authorities..havo also intimated that muttoii will b<;;"gl*,e§l}l_ced to 9d pol’ lb, and'lamb 1/]: per.lb;._. and,a_a§os.;l;«llzLt frozen sundries will 1)-c.'1p‘\vercd,r._fQ,.,f.t prioe corresponx],i:l\lg itqn, tlicvj, p£§3se;.nt market vahie, ,m;lAny-§le.§el;i¢[;'f,'g(§lg being now sold at Smithfield much below present maximu,nl.prices, ,Hoxnc-l;;il-led [meat of good. qu;zli’sy..fi.nd's lo ready sale, but. there»is a strong objection to {the sale of .imported mutton, which consisfs mostly of heavy owes at the full price. - - ' _ Prices ruling on March 1 are: Beef (sides), home-killed 1/3 per lb; _imported 11?; per lb (hinds); 81-6. per lb (fares). “Mutter; ‘am’: Illamb, .homekilled, 1/32 per 1b; imported, lo:_.a per lb. '