THE MEAT QUOTA.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 89, 13 March 1935, Page 7

THE MEAT QUOTA.

AUSTRALIA SEEKS INCREASE. SHIPMENTS HELD UP. SYDNEY, March 12. Nineteen thousand carcases of mut- : ton and lamb, due for loading into three ships here to-day, have been. ( held uja owing to a sudden suspension by’ the Commonwealth Government- of licenses for export pending the completion of with the Birtisli Government for the regulation of April to. June shipments. The British Government had suggested that the April-June quota should not exceed the amount exported in the second quarter of last year, about 405,000 cwt., which has already been shipped. The Commonwealth, however, expects to have 70,000 cwt. of mutter and lamb available for export in the forthcoming quarter. The acting-Prime Minister (Dr. Earle Page) explained to-day that the Commonwealth had asked the British Government to agree to a substantial- increase in the quota, and negotiations regarding the matter were now in progress. The Commonwealth Government, lie added, felt it would he wiser temporarily to suspend licenses for further shipments, as the British Government, acting within its own rights, might impose definite limitations on the amount that would be allowed to land in England. It would be better to keep the meat in cold storage in Australia than run the risk of having it dumped overseas. LOSS TO SHIPOWNERS. SHORT NOTICE GIVEN. Received March 13, 8.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, March 13. The cancellation of shipping space for mutton and lamb reported irom Sydney will result in heavy Josses for almost every oversea shipping company, as most of the vessels engaged in the export trade are sent to Australia either in ballast or only lightly laden. The shipowners also complain of the brief notification given of the .suspension of the export licenses. AN URGENT QUESTION. MR LYONS CONCERNED. Received March 13, 11.40 a.m. LONDON, March 12. In view of the urgency of the meat question, Mr J. A. Lyons is omitting his Rome visit. lie will arrive in London on March 22 overland from , Ville-Franche.