NOT PENAL.
IRISH LIVE STOCK RULES. LONDON, December 30. Replying in the House of Commons to criticisms of the restrictions on imports of Irish beef and cattle, the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. W. E.. Elliot, said that there was no thought of any hostile or penal action. The only justification for the action ■was the supply position. He pointed out that in 1932 the consumption of beef per capita in Britain was 601b a year, compared with 691b in 1927. The per capita consumption of mutton and lamb in the same period had risen from 27 to 321b, and of bacon from 39 to 481b. Replying to a suggestion that the action would ruin British investments, he pointed out that there was £1,000,000,000 invested in British agriculture. Beef production was the keystone of the arch, and it could not be allowed to collapse.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 2, 3 January 1934, Page 7
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143NOT PENAL. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 2, 3 January 1934, Page 7
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