MUST REDUCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 259, 2 November 1933, Page 7

MUST REDUCE.

FOREIGN QUOTA.

EXPORTS OF BACON.

British Order to Be Issued

At Once.

16 P.O. CUT ANNOYS DANES,

(British Official Wireless.)

(Received 12.30 p.m.) RUGBY, November 1. The announcement by the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. E. Elliot, of a 16 per cent cut in foreign bacon supplies as from to-day is deplored in Denmark. Representatives of the Danish Government resumed their conversations yesterday morning with Mr. Elliot and with ofiicials of his Department, the Foreign Office, the Board of Trade, and the Department of Overseas Trade. Tlw further restriction of imports of Danish bacon into the United Kingdom was discussed. Under the agreement ratified last May, Denmark was permitted to send to Britain not less than 62 per cent of the total of the permitted imports of bacon from foreign countries. Later, the British Government imposed a reduction on imports, and a further reduction is sought now, as it is felt that otherwise the British producer will have difficulty next spring in disposing of his products. Negotiations Fall Through. The negotiations with the representatives of the Danish Government were concluded yesterday, but no agreement was reached for a voluntary reduction of 16 per cent in bacon exports to Britain. During tho afternoon Mr. Elliot met representatives of Holland, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Argentine and the United States and explained the reasons necessitating the curtailment of foreign bacon supplies. An official statement was later issued liy the Minister, which said that having regard to the large volume of contracts entered into by home producers for delivery of pigs to bacon factories during the four months from November to February, it was necessary to secure a further reduction of 16 per cent in the supplies of bacon from foreign sources. Proposals to that end were placed before the representatives of the Governments concerned, and while some were prepared to accept them, others felt unable to do so voluntarily. His Majesty's Government, therefore, dccided to proceed in accordance with the Agricultural Marketing Act, and an order, ine necessary reduction of foreign supplies as from November 1 to take effcct at the earliest practical date, will be made in a few days.

CHILLED MEAT. Canada Joins Dominions in Export Trade. AGAINST SOUTH AMERICA. (Received 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 1. Canada has now joined Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in endeavouring to break the South American chilled meat monopoly, but though shipments are arriving in London in excellent condition, the quality is too variable. TO EVADE THE LAW. MEAT IMPORT SCHEME. LONDON, November 1. The Central Associated Chambers of Agriculture passed a resolution recommending that a landing charge of twopence a pound on all imported foreign beef should be made, all of which should be returned to the importer when the price of prime beef is not below sixpence a pound and that one penny should be returned when the price is not below fivepence a pound; nothing to be returned when the figure is below fourpence a pound. The object of the resolution is to enable the producer to get round Acts of Parliament.