AMERICAN MEAT TRUST.
OPERATIONS IN AUSTRALIA.
By Telegraph,~-Pr<sß3 Association.—
Melbourne, .September li: The Victorian Legislative Council, discussed the ' operations of til©' American Meat - Trust yesterday.' Mr, McWhao warned the Council that the -trust was already established at' Brisbane under the guise of the Australian- Meat, Company. Now' it was after seven and a-half miUidn sheep and lambs to ship from Australasia, and '• would get them unless the Parliaments realised -the-danger-- and thwarted the trust.
(Received September 12, 1.10 a.m.) . Melbourne, September 11.
In connection with the American beef trust, Mr. Hughes (Attorney-General) stated in the Federal. House of Representatives that so far as. he knew the Government has no power to effectively grapple with ..such trusts. , ,
» Mr. Tudor (Minister for Customs) : We have had men connected with the trust under observation for some time.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15096, 12 September 1912, Page 7
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