MEAT FOR BRITAIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 50, 26 January 1933, Page 7

MEAT FOR BRITAIN

IMPORTED SUPPLIES. REDUCTIONS EFFECTED. OTTAWA AGREEMENTS OBSERVED. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) ' (British Official Wireless.) Received January 26, 11.35 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 25. The Board of Trade, reviewing the position regarding the supplies of imported meat, states that, in accordance with the arrangements made in November, tiie marketings of chilled beef from South America were reduced by 10 per cent, from November 15 to the end of the year. The arrivals during the first six weeks of the current quarter will be about 10 per cent, below the rates permitted by the Ottawa Agreements, and it is the present intention that the same reduction apply till the end of March. The imports of frozen beef and frozen mutton and- lamb from all foreign countries in the current quarter are . limited under the Ottawa Agreements to 90 per cent, of the quantity imported a year ago. Similarly, in conformity with the Ottawa arrangements, the total quantity of mutton and lamb to be imported by the United Kingdom in 1933 from Australia and New Zealand will not exceed the quantities shipped during the year ending June 30 1932, the shipments being regulated in, accordance with the anticipated requirements of the market.

The stocks of beef, mutton, lamb, bacon and hams held by the cold storage companies in Britain on January 1 were not abnormal. As regards bacon .and bains, an agreement with the principal exporting countries has been obtained for a continuance until February 22 of the existing arrangements for a reduction of imports by some 15 per cent, compared with a year ago. The steps to be taken after February 22 will be discussed with representatives of the countries concerned to effect these arrangements and will be kept under review by the Advisory Committee.