LIVE STOCK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 December 1933, Page 7

LIVE STOCK

SITUATION IN ENGLAND IMPORTS TO BE LIMITED (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 20th December. Tlie Minister of Agriculture, Major W. Elliot, in a statement on the live stock situation in the House of Commons, said notwithstanding efforts made since November, 1932, to bold and improve the situation of the wholesale meat market the returns from feeding of cattle continued unsatisfactory. In these circumstances it was essential to afford some relief in respect of supplies of imported .for immediate slaughter. Accordingly it was intended to issue ail order limiting the imports of fat cattle uom tho Irish Free State to 50 per cent, lor three months ended 31st March, as compared with the corresponding period cf last year. As regarded Canada, the Dominion Government had agreed to cooperate by establishing exports of cattle, both fat and store, to this market for the first quarter of the coming year at the figure of the first quarter of last year. Arrangements were being made to limit imports next quarter of foreign canned beef, and/or reduce imports from foreign countries of chilled beef by the same extent as in the first quarter of last year. As arranged at Ottawa, imports of frozen beef from foreign countries will be reduced next quarter by 30 per cent. Negotiations for readjusting the proportion of imported hone and boneless from foreign countries was under consideration, and if necessary a reduction in imports from foreign countries by a further 7 per cent, on Ist March and an additional 3 per cent, on Ist June will be effected.