AUSTRALIAN PROTEST
EXPORT OF SCRUB RAMS
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) MELBOURNE, 15th December. Au application ivm made to the Tariff Board ou behalf of the Australian Society of Breeders of British Sheep for the imposition of a tariff duty on rams more than three years old not registered by an approved society or stud. Mr. James Aitken stated that it had become the practice for New Zealand sheep dealers, not the breeders themselves, to export scrub rams, the residue of sheep sales, to Australia. Profits ranging up to £1000 had been made from one shipment alone. These inferior animals and culls .were sent to Australia and the progeny of these rams was having an inimical effect on Australian flocks, and a serious state of affairs would arise ii> the wool and frozen meat trade. A tariff of two guineas per head was suggested. The inquiry was adjourned. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 9
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146AUSTRALIAN PROTEST Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 145, 16 December 1927, Page 9
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