MEAT CONTROL

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20490, 26 February 1941, Page 6

MEAT CONTROL

EXPORT TRADE NEED SHIPPING RESTRICTIONS AUSTRALIAN MEASURES DOMINION COMPARISON (Pur Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. As a result of conversations he had with Ministers and representatives of primary producers in New Zealand, Mr. H. L. Anthony, the Assistant Minister of Commerce and Finance in the Commonwealth Government, said he had come to the conclusion that the meat restrictions in Australia were far more severe than anything yet applied in New Zealand. "To us it appears inevitable,” he said, “that, with the shipping restrictions, measures will have to be taken by both countries to meet the changing circumstances brought about by the war. The method so far adopted in Australia has been to exclude from acceptance for freezing lower grades of meat and reserve the available space for meats that will be more remunerative for the farmer and which, will bring in a higher price abroad. “What we are interested in is not what is to be done this season, but what is to be done next season, and we feel that, because of the mutual interests of the two countries in the supply of meat to the United Kingdom and the Middle East, we should be in close consultation on matters of general policy. “We recognise, of course, that the peculiar circumstances of each country may require a different application.” Types Refused in Australia Mr. Anthony stated that the Australian Meat Board, after reviewing the whole situation, recommended to the Commonwealth Government that it would be desirable to prevent the accumulation in Australia of large quantities of cheaper grades and types of meat and proposed that the following types of meat be refused for acceptance for shipment overseas: All boneless bull beef, all boneless second and third quality cow beef, aU boneless veal, all boneless beef briskets, all boneless beef shins and beef shanks, all beef offal, except beef livers and beef kidneys, all veal offal, all first, second and third quality lambs under 231b5., all first. and second quality lambs over 421b5., all third quality lambs over 281b5., all piece lamb, all lamb offal, except livers, all second quality wether mutton, third quality wether mutton and second and third quality ewe mutton, all mutton offal, except livers and kidneys, all porker pork, including chopper pork, and all offal from porker and baconer pigs. The Commonwealth Government was completely in agreement with this suggestion and had arranged that it should become operative as from January 31 of this year. The Minister of Marketing, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, who was present when Mr. Anthony was interviewed, agreed that measures would have to be taken lo meet the changing circumstances.