AUSTRALIAN MEAT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 25, 12 January 1935, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN MEAT

EXPORTS TO BRITAIN

Satisfactory Arrangement

INCREASE OF 3000 CWT.

(By Telegraph—Press Aesu.—Copyright.) (Received 12, 10.35 a.m.) DEVONPORT (Tasmania), Jan. 12. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. J A. Lyons, announced that Britain has accepted Australia’s proposal for fixation of the quantities of veal, beef, mutton and lamb that may be exported from Australia to England up to March 31.

Mr. Lyons said that British imports fiom Australia for this period will be 187,000 cwts. of veal and beef, of which not more than 30,000 cwts. of beef will be chilled, 450,000 cwts. of mutton mid lamb and 167,000 cwts. of pork, excluding bneoners. These figures represent a total advance of 3000 cwts. in the average amount shipped from Australia to the United Kingdom in the corresponding quarters of previous years, and to that extent they/are in excess of Britain's proposed regulations. “In the circumstances,’’ suid Mr. Lyons, “I think the arrangement may be regarded as reasonable. The quantities of beef, including chilled and veal, provided for are believed bv the industry to be completely satisfactory. It is not anticipated that they will lean to any curtailment of cither killing or shipment.

“At my suggestion the British Government has agreed to postpone until after my arrival in Britain the framing of a long-term policy, which will run from March 31, to the end of the term of the Ottawa agreement in 1937.”

SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTION

Cannot Be Permanent Policy

(Received .12, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 11

The ”Economist” says: "Restrie tion of Australian meat supplies can only be justified as a subsidy to the British producer at the expense of yet another inroad on the British con sumer’s standard of living. In a ration ally conducted world Australian meat expansion would be a natural means of raising the standard of living of Brit ish consumers. Clearly Australia can not accept restriction as a permanent policy. 1 ‘lf Britain refuses to take her in creasing exports, Australia will be forced to look elsewhere for markets as indeed she is already doing, but this is bound to diminish the Australian market available to British exporters and curtail the whole movement to wards Imperial economic co-operation that was supposed to have been initiat ed at Ottawa. We trust the Govern ment at least will have these considerations in mind when framing a long term beef policy.”