MEAT DEADLOCK

Grey River Argus, 22 March 1935, Page 5

MEAT DEADLOCK

AUSTRALIAN PREMIER Task at London /Aus. and N.Z. Cable Assn.l NAPLES, March’ 20. Ihe Commonwealth Primo Minister Mr. J. A. Lyons, with his party, com prising the Australian delegation fo the conference on the meat issue aLondon, ns also for Hip King’s Jubile< celebrations, arrived here 10-dnv b, the hner Otranto from Australia. ' Mr. Lyons and Mrs. Lvons were af feeted by the heat of the tropics, bu: crisp weather in the Mediterranean re stored them to the best health MMeConaehy and his wife remainei aboard. All the rest of the partv en framed for London.

Being left no time to admire thbeauties of Naples in the spring dawn Mr. Lyons and party soon after the arrival of the Otranto, hurriedlv en trained for Rome, after a specially arranged start from the quay-side, in order to ensure connecting 'with ’ the London train from Rome.

Mr. Lyons made the following statement to the Australian Press Association: On the moat question liltle can be said at the moment. Indeed, little can be gained and much possibly could be lost, by making public utterances at the present. The delegation has come fully armed with facts of its case and the views of the Cabinet, but it has come prepared to discuss the matter in the friendliest terms. We realise that the subject is of vital importance to the Empire as a. whole. We shall endeavour to take the long view of the problem. We have placed our cards on the table, as the British Government has done, and during the voyage we were in constant wireless communication with Australia and London, so we are fully informed of the situation.’’ Mr. Lyons added: “I should like to pay a tribute to the very strenuous work done, under difficult conditions, by the officials of the delegation aboard. J trust that from my visit will emerge an arrangement which will benefit the Empire as a whole. The immense importance of the livestock industry to Australia has never been absent from mv mind.”

“I feel honoured in representing the Commonwealth at the Jubilee celebrations, and have not the slightest doubt, in this part of the mission at any rate, of public opinion in Australia.”

GREAT LOSSES. THREATENED TO AUSTRALIAN IMPORTERS. (Received March 21 at 11.5 p.m.) CANBERRA. March 21.

The Acting-Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page, answering a question in the House of Representatives, to-day. said that the British Government had enforced a limit on the proportion of chilled beef which was being shipped from Australia, with the result that some carcases which would have been shipped a> chilled, would now have to be exported as frozen. The said he regretted to say that great losses won hl bo sustained bv the exporters here. if the British Government adhered to its decision. He expected Mr Lvons, who was arriving at London to-day. would immediately take the matter up with the British authorities.