CHILLED BEEF

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 235, 17 September 1934, Page 10

CHILLED BEEF

Australian Position

Speaking at a Rotary Club luncheon m Sydney, Mr F. J. Walker said Australia would have to export beef in • chilled condition to successfully compete and hold her position on the markets of the world. He stressed the importance of the industry in Australia, although values were now lesg than they had been for. many years. In Britain tho consumption of beef in 1933 was 1,100,000 tons, and of this quantity Australia had supplied only 48,000 tons, compared with 483,000 tons from the Argentine. This was principally due to the fact that the Argentine exported nearly all chilled beef, while tho Australian beet was all frozen. As Australia lagged behind the times in bringing the induatry up to the standard of Argentina, markets had been lost in Honolulu, the Phillippines, Germany, France, Italy and portion of Belgium. Other countries which were taking Australian beef had reduced tho quantity considerably.

Something would have to be done, for the potentialities of Australia m cattle production were immense and of great importance to the community and the Empire.