THE EMPIRE'S TRADE.
MERCHANTS' COMPLAINTS. | i DECEPTION IN FROZEN MEAT TRADE. By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 7. In. giving evidence before the Empire Trade Commission to-day representatives of the Irish • Industrial Association complained that the Commonwealth treated poplins as wool instead of silk. The representatives also explained that it was important that the Commonwealth should institute a special definition of Irish potstill whisky, which did not come within the definitions of all malt or blended spirits. Representatives of the Incorporated Society of Meat Importers complained of the substitution of inferior foreign meat in English shops for the Australian and New Zealand products. They commended the Christchurch Meat Company's metal labelling. They stated that a large quantity of " best Canterbury" lamb was sold in West End as "best English."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 7
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128THE EMPIRE'S TRADE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 1514, 9 November 1912, Page 7
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