PATAGONIAN MEAT.
COMPLAINT BY IMPORTERS. | f REMOVAL OF CONTROL URGED. * (Received 12.25 p.m.) c LONDON, February 15. While the Board of Trade refuses to disclose details of the Patagonian meat purchase, importers engaged in the Dominions' trade assert that it means that 1,250,000 carcases of mutton will be added to the already congested stocks. The "Globe" says:—"Traders believe the Government's 'fresh purchase is in- . tended to yield a profit sufficient to bal- _ ancc losses incurred on earlier meat contracts. Though the market is glutted | prices continue absurdly high. The j trade intends to again urge Mr. Lloyd _ George to sanction the removal of con- _ trol — (United Service.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 40, 16 February 1920, Page 5
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