NEW ANGLE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 162, 11 July 1934, Page 7

NEW ANGLE.

MEAT RESTRICTION.

Great Injustice to British Shipping. ARGENTINA REFUSES LEVY. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, July 10. The "Journal of Commerce" says that if the Government materially restricts Empire meat imports it will be an injustice to the shipping industry which has increased refrigerated vessels since the Ottawa Conference, providing welcome work in the shipyards. The political correspondent of the "Daily Express" says the Argentine Government lias rejected the British proposal for a levy. This destroys the scheme, and it is understood that the Cabinet now will recommend a subsidy from the Treasury to guarantee the price of home-produced beef pending the expiry of the agreement with Argentina. The writer says the Cabinet also will decide the extent of the reductions in imports from the Dominions and the Argentine. The "Daily Herald" states that the Minister of* Agriculture, Mr. Walter Elliot, informed Argentina that her refusal to accept a levy will lead to a heavier imposition after the expiry of the agreement in 1930. The "Herald" estimates that this duty will be up to 2d a lb on Argentine beef, with 50 per cent preference to the Dominions.