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Grey River Argus, 4 May 1934, Page 5

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CHILLED BEEF Big Developments INDICATED IN QUEENSLAND. (Aub. A N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received May 3 at 10 p.m.) BRISBANE, May 3. The Mini: ter of Agriculture, Mr Buteock, announced that since Vest»ys Limited had acquired Anglis’s interests in Queensland, they were considering the establishment of a modern plant for ♦ hilled beef production at Port Alma, costing three hundred thousand pounds. Two great American companies, those of Swift and Armours. had secured options over killing works in the north, apparently with a view to developing the chilled beef trade. He added that close observers were inclined to the belief that the entry of the American companies into the Australian trade had a much deeper significance than “the imperfect Ottawa structure afforded.” THE HAGUE. May 2. H is reported that a Japanese aluminium company operating in Formosa, has agreed to take nearly 24.000 tons .of bauxite yearly, yielding- 600'1 tons of aluminium from Dutch Nibam Company, working deposits on the Island of Bintang, near Singapore, enabling Japan to be largely independent of America, in preparation of aluminium for aeroplanes. WASHINGTON. May 2 The United States. Senate Finane? Committee to-day approved the Reciprocal Tariff Pill, with an amendment providing for the hearing of affected industries before any tariff reduction.-* are made effective. Thp measure which empowers the Pre c ident to negotiate trade agreements with other nations, in the effort to restore prosperity, has already been passed by the House of Representatives. RUGBY, May 1. Nearly sixty nations were represent ml at the preliminary meeting of the London Conference of the International Union for the Protection, of Industrial Property. The- plenary session of the conference will take place in Locarno, and at the Rome Foreign Office. The last conference of -the kind was held in 1925. and this is tFe first occasion on which the Union has met in London. The subjects to be discussed are important, but highly technical matters, relating to the protection of patent rights, designs, trade marks, and other kindred matters coming within the scope of the Union. Sir Leith Ross heads the British delegation.