RABBIT IMPORTS
BRITAIN’S SUPPLY FROM ‘ DOMINION
OFFER TO BUY MORE
(Rec. 10.5 aim.) LONDON, April 17. Britain had. agreed to buy 8000 tons of. rabbits' from Australia and New Zealand this season, of which 3500 Tons would; coffie from New Zealand, said the Minister' of-Food; Sir Ben Smith, inthe, House.of Commons. He woffl'd be glad-, to. Jsuy all'the supplies New-. Zealand and Australia .could send.
Asked if the. quantities were below the pre-war importations, Sir Ben replied that, the pre-war quantity was ,9000 tons, so, that he. was getting on.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1946, Page 8
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