MEAT QUOTA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 34, 10 February 1939, Page 7

MEAT QUOTA.

BRITAIN'S IMPORTS. Empire Interests Fail To Reach Agreement. RESTRICTIONS TO APPLY. United, Press Association. —Copyright. (Received 2 p.m.) LONDON, February 9. Announcing that (he Empire Heat Council, after a number of meetings, the last of which was held yesterday, had failed to reach a unanimous conclusion regarding mutton and lamb imports, Mr. R. H. Cross, of the Board of Trade, in the House of Commons moved that the import regulation order be approved which, he said, would enable quantitative regulation to be applied. Mr. Cross added that the Government could look to Australia and New Zealand to co-operate, ensuring that any quotas agreed to would not be exceeded. The Government hud not yet decided on the • quotas, but he expected to he able to make a statement at an early date. The main object was to secure stability of the market as far as it was affected by imports, though they were not the only factor, as the market is being affected also by the price of wool and by-products of sheep.

The House approved the order without division. The Board of Trade on January 5 promulgated an import regulation order covering mutton and lamb, which is not to be imported to the United Kingdom except under Board of" Trade license unless accompanied by a certificate issued by an authority which the board recognises.