NEW ZEALAND MEAT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 October 1939, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND MEAT

SALE TO BRITAIN PRICES ANNOUNCED BY MINISTER. BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Prices at which the United Kingdom Government has agreed to purchase quantities of New Zealand’s meat during the coming season were announced by the Minister of Marketing, Mr Nash, in a national broadcast address from Wellington last evening. “These prices can be considered as very satisfactory indeed,” the Minister said. “They are better than last year’s prices and are generally based on the 1938 figures, with some modifications helpful to New Zealand.” Mr Nash emphasised that the prices were f.o.b. in sterling. New Zealand would be paid for the meat at the stage that it was put on board the ship. There were one or two final details yet to be settled as to what the charges from farm gate, through’the various channels to on board ship, would be. Nor had it been finally settled what the price of by-products would be. Hence it was difficult to state definitely how the figures would work out a head in New Zealand currency on the various classes of stock. The figures, however, would give a clear indication to farmers as to what they might expect for their fat stock for the coming season. The Minister said that it had been arranged that 95 per cent should be paid f.o.b. and the remaining 5 per cent on arrival or due date of arrival. The scale of agreed prices is as follows:— Lamb. N.Z.

Sterling. Currency. Prime Down crossTwos 6 3-8d 7.93d Eights 6 5-16d 7.85d Fours 6 l-8d 7.62d Tegs 5 5-8d 7d Prime Canterbury quality— 7.85d Twos 6 5-16d Eights 6 3-16d 7.7d Fours 6d 7.5d Tegs 5 l-2d 6.84d Prime crossbred — l Twos 6 3-16d 7.7d Eights 6 l-8d 7.6d Fours 5 7-8d 7.3d Tegs 5 l-4d 6.53d Second quality— 7.3d 361b and under 5 7-8d Over 361b 5 l-2d 6.85d Mutton. ' Prime wethers and maiden ewes — 481b and under 4 5-16d 5.36d 49-561b 3 7-8d 4.82d • 57-641b 3 ll-16d 4.58d 65721b 3 l-2d 4.35d; Over 721b 3d 3.73d Second quality wethers — 4.58d 561b and under 3 11-lGd Over 561b 3 3-8d 4.2d Ewes— 641b & under 2 3-4d 3.42d Over 641b 2 3-8d 2.95d Beef Boneless ox beef 3 3-4d 4.66d Boneless bull beef 3 5-8d 4.51d Boneless cow beef 3 l-4d 4.1d Boneless bobby 5.13d veal 4 l-8d Ox and heifer beef G.A.Q. 145-210 hinds 4 3-8d 5.44d Fores 2 9-16d 3.19d Overs and unders usual terms. Ox and heifer beef, F.A.Q., all weights— Hinds 3 7-16d 4.27d Fores 2 l-2d 3.1 Id Cow beef, G,A.Q., all weights— Hinds 3 l-4d 4.1d Fores 2 7-16d 3.Id Pigs Porkers and baconers— First quality 6d 7.46d Second quality 5’d 7.15d Porkers, 60-1001b .—25 per cent total export. per cent Baconers, 101-1801b. —75 total export. (All prices f.o.b.)