STOCK FOR AUSTRALIA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 173, 23 June 1926, Page 9

STOCK FOR AUSTRALIA.

PROPOSAL FOR GOVERNMENTS TO ASSIST.

LONDON, June 22,

Mr Dunn, on behalf of the stock owners of Australia, submitted to Mr L. C. Amery a plan providing that importers of pedigree poultry and stock, except sheep, from Britain, pay only the purchase price, the Imperial, the Cpiiimonwealth and State Governments equally sharing the cost of any freight and insurance, the object being to provide the most superior Empire foods possible in opposition to the Argentine and the United States.

Mr Amery promised sympathetic consideration of the proposal. Three English,and Australian shipping lines have promised Mr Dunn to consider favourably the free carriage of pedigree stock, provided they are indemnified for any outlay for feeding and housing during transportation. Mr Dunn addressed the Commonwealth Labour group of the House of Commons on Empire trade, insisting that sentiment as a bond of Empire was invaluable up to a certain point, but valueless unless supplemented by material interests, such as cheaper food and raw materials, which might be received from the Dominions, notably from Australia. —A. and N.Z. cable.