NO INCREASE IN PRICE
AUSTRALIAN MEAT FOR EXPORT CANBERRA, May 15. The Minister of Commerce and Agriculture, Mr R. T. Pollard, has refused to raise meat export prices to the levels ruling on the local market. " I would not contemplate taking any action to deprive graziers of the opportunity to carry out a scheme involving "voluntary sacrifices to help their kinsmen,” lie said. He sup ported the statement by Mr -I. B. Chifiey that everyone seemed to want to help Britain “ at the highest price.” Reports from New South Wales indicate Hint so much livestock is being offered bv graziers for purchase b> the Food' for Britain Appeal Committee that the target of SOLDO tons by June 00 is in sight.
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Evening Star, Issue 26102, 16 May 1947, Page 7
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121NO INCREASE IN PRICE Evening Star, Issue 26102, 16 May 1947, Page 7
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