A FIGHT FOR SHARES
The United Kingdom takes from the Dominions not less than three-, quarters of its imported lamb and mutton, but takes from the Empire only about one-fifth of its beef. The Argentine factor therefore looms much larger in beef than in lamb and mutton; and the lamb and mutton question is very largely an issue between New Zealand and Australia (rivals for shares) as well as an issue between the United Kingdom and the Dominions. This fact should be clearly understood in New Zealand, since it is grasped very clearly in Australia. By recent increases in her lamb and mutton exports—an increase purchased partly at the price of lower quality—Australia has established figures that, if adopted as a basis of calculation, would give her 31.4 per cent, of the New Zealand and Australian export (lamb and mutton) to Britain. On the other hand, English officials have suggested, 29.4 per cent., which New Zealand accepts subject to the quality factor. The immediate question is how far the United Kingdom will put its strength behind a settlement on which two of the three Empire units are agreed. In one sense it is a majority decision. From another angle, the delicate question of discrimination between one Dominion and another may arise. Could discrimination be worse than deadlock?
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 126, 30 May 1935, Page 8
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217A FIGHT FOR SHARES Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 126, 30 May 1935, Page 8
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