AUSTRALIAN MEAT
SHIPMENTS TO BRITAIN
MORE TONNAGE REQUIRED
CANBERRA, (Rec. 11.30 p.m.) Mar. 23. The total of Australian shipments of meat to the United Kingdom last year was 179,000 tons. The quota allotted was only 177,000 tons. The quota for 1945 was 177,000 tons, in accord with the promise Mr *. Curtin gave Mr Churchill. . , . The Minister of Agriculture, Mr J. Scully, making these figures available, said it was expected that Britain would provide the necessary shipping. The tonnage would have to be increased if Australia agreed to provide still more meat.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25802, 24 March 1945, Page 7
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