MEAT CARGOES DELAYED

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 119, 13 February 1920, Page 7

MEAT CARGOES DELAYED

PRIORITY GIVEN TO RIVER PLATE BOATS.

(Itec. February 12, D.'IO p.m.) London, February 10. The owners of steamers carrying Aus- ; tralian meat have protested to the. Board of Trado against the priority given w ; steamers from the River Plate in dis- j charging meat at London..and Liver- ' pool. The average Umo occupied m discharging an Australian steamer is now ; e\\ weeks, while the llivcr Plate btats : are discharging in ten days. In several , recent instances River Pinto boats commenced discharging directly they ar- , rived, whilo Australian boats have wait- ; cd two months for berths,;- - It is understood that the River Plate : steamers have preference because their ; meat is privately owned, and its owners „ro willing to pay iv much hitler pneo - for storage than tho BoarA'oi Trade will ■ toy for Government-owned meat, lrriration is growng agaiist "the retention , of control, which is maintaining the : Inch price of meat, while' enormous ciuantitles are choking the stores and delaying . steamers at high espense.-Aus.-M.d. Cablo Assn. (Rec. February 13, 0.« a.m.) London, February 11. The delayed foodships. inch.de the Zea- ; lan Sic, wilnch arrived from Now Zealand •on December V and docked on January ,; 3 but has not yet commenced to unload her meat cargo.-Aus.-N.Z. .Cable Assn,