JOHN BULL AND SONS

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3797, 15 August 1932, Page 5

JOHN BULL AND SONS

The Outside Competitors IN THE MEAT INDUSTRY FTGHT FOR THE QUOTA ISY AUSTRALIA AND N.Z. THE VESTED INTEREST BULLING ITS WEIGHT DOMINIONS PER SI STENT AT OTTAWA CONFERENCE By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright (A nst. and N.Z. Ca.ble) Ottawa, August 13. Messrs Bruce and Coates had the most trying day of the whole Conference. They were clor-.ct.cd with the British from 0 in the morning till 5 at night. THE MEAT MATES A Teat wars are raging, but Mi* Bruce for the first time to-night admitted that the issue 'had bedn narrowed regarding this vital commodity. Xt is presumed, therefore, that- there will not he any real difficulty with butter and fruit or failure on the part of Australia and New Zealand to offer the c dnr fissions necessary for agreement thereon. ANOTHER. BISCrSSTON The signs earlier in the week were ‘that IBrijitain. wia© (becoming (reconciled to. the inevitability of a. small quota. Now every aspect of the problem E being rediscussod with new fervour but unruffled friendliness. Australia’s and New Zealand’s offers are so- framed that they would permit. Britain to- grant a. quantitative restriction on the Argentine's chilled beef wifPiout laying hc/vC-lf open to ihe charge: “It is an uniustitiable starving of our markets * because the plan, would not restrict Britain's total meat imports. OF NONE AVAIL? The plan which Australia and New Zealand are still pushing ns the-most vital factor in the Ottawa regotiati otis can be hacked by many solid arguments, but the strongest Is: “ Euless we f . get something for nitr meg.( i.nd ustry \ve m igl it. j\ s. wel l have Mint eonie to <f>t tawa. If wo rnrinbt have some pro-teestlen we simply will be Unable to carry nm.’’