MEAT EXPORT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 15080, 1 December 1919, Page 5

MEAT EXPORT.

; HIGH PRICES ' ABROA.D : BRIIIS'II ' v;.,Gp>rMHMEOT^O^TR^(JT& i . : ! f ; /SYDNEY, November 11. —Mr W. :AngliGs».-i:-\vho fetornedto AußtraJlia dn 1 i the^ Alperaki • from an extended business touii m .Great -. Bvitaih; the Continent^ and' America, is one of the c&ptams of the Victorian meali.industiy. Ho stated ifebafc:-h:s jnquir.ios abroad were the result ioi.aii 'invitation made- By memliers^.of tho .""inter-State," conference on meat «x---jiort" held W jMelbouriio m November laßt.'..'. . .>- ,v. ,v.\,..- ;,:... ..". „; i. '...:.-„:; ; "I wts iii London 14 weeJcs,' he eald, : "There I found;, gl'eat'. difficulty .iij, s^cttr;. ing yefrigei-atwg spate.*' j'ajacl, it Kvas! iyevy hai-d-to'niove;' authorities .^.^the'-otbe^ end. yjctoria.,has been*- in a,ve|vy'bad position,. ,. owing' to>-a/^J^ck,:, ofrc/^aop.! ;■ After. • persistent- offer^ wib .ah: lasfc! got %c .; ' authorities'' Jto .makft.vprom.ses' regardyigfreight -and .space. .' ...^he^ export,, of i ai 7 .} j meats from ,tJ,ie w-United; Siatws.^o Greiit Britain.' at i»tlie'tiK« .\vaa. Btopped', .except* j l>ork; TJiis ivoe. .done : ih^orde'r ••, 'tp. mak;e more space; dor imeat .>, f roxfi ■ 4-us-trAlia a^ailatile., a Sir-i^Qmas - Robinsp^j I acting fdl%ftia~Bri'Ußhi.G6t«niment',^then! • cailled a.' meeting of . representatives of i meat .exporters of -Australia, ;to go into the>question of entering -"/frito fresli.icon- • tracts with the _meait ..auppCaers of Aus-;ti-ajia. The representative^ decidtedi that the ? time was' not opportune for; theiri to -go into the question 'of • prices . tintil it. was known -what the British Govei'n- , merit- waa doing; -inySoath, -America., The Australian representatives, then toM Sir Thomas Robinson that they^ would i>eoomTnend that the Axtstraliah price be ; not- lower than tliat which was paid to .South ■ America; V ,' ; :. ; ;; ' '• ' oi',We i'wer©. toldT by Sir Thomas Roijinsoii! that our Austra-lian fcontracUj. with the British vGov'etnmQht;«xpiiied.-j.on S^ptdmber .28;, 1.919?' but-iinee, leaving Boriv don Ihave; r veceived' ia cable stating' that the -Bo!krd>b£ T^^td^. does : riot • agree; iiyit^ the dedision that . vihe^cofjitr^cts 'iexpirbd-.. ! I have- wo^r yet •~;v^Jeite4 :^advic i e-.as- to whether HSfeat -Bri£sS|i;\. ijas ; arraiiged. : a contract with^outh America., but I hivq been informed that* thev-Biutigh Government was not, at all aiix.iou» "to: buy; Uve; : mutton 1 "and!;, lamb- from ; -Sout-h l^ ■America, as -it considered sufficient ; qu;an'tit>ieß were ; available 4n Austf aUa ; and, New Zealoiid 1 : ,pii;the k - other Mndjv the' beef of South A,inerica. ; ifl«load,lyJ4ieeded in -Great ißrltain ,and t^ie Coutin.en£. •-< v. •'- •- >. -^ •■'.•' i • ' \Theve , A& a; ;*'&&. stroing tendency^ ;-at .HoinfiAto/ try and) keep- down -the ipr!ic^9 oi t .meaty> with, sa-^view ■-■to- keeping- do%\T* #i& : cost ofiUiving!; as>>.inuftl>'- as -possibles ?in4 there seems very Jittle prospect-of i^Mairiin'g^'^pS..la■rg&-:'inivea^^inv:thei. r •pri5 l^ : pf ■ meati jafllcedf: by th# Australiaii • pVpr'ducerj.,:*,; -.y.c '■„>■■■> •■v i c,.U „;-...■ -....." -J: . ' '"I Tgot-jinta^tciuch-,, with tw>o' of the Allied ConfcinehtaJ .countries, ia-connec^ ition with'the •sjipplyr«f- meat^ and coui:<i have entered' -info' large; dbntr ! acts : there ■ and-tbeni-, -bivt>'.li£sk o| .fefrigeiJatuiK sparse prevented iti? ■.>rßefor,e;-feuviiig Loridon 1 wa»..-informed:^t^iai: : i j^gl^dV'y'.:'bes:4i!>s supplying . her own meat . f romher imports, .-would? al^o eup^|y, .the- r§K quiremejitß t \ : ql ' • Belgium, „,4^ Itasly.". Tfie 'requiveiuen^&.of •'Ffance..alou6 are, 250,000 tonsVavyealv „-. ■ -V-.' ■: -■x;,^ . "The* United!. .stat,^\;Blipul.tl be,' ac'gfigd market' for ■< jnutton ..":• a^d '} :liuiil> ; in' -. fchdi future, .pi^vid'p^^ '« a < p|rjgera.ti n g > spsceiou th6Vvc^e^s«is>%^e^V^'a-jjab\r^. ' «-.;». ■ 1 > ■' 'llie ;' 008^ of <;is t trenicnd^ously cheaper ii^- A/u^iralia > tlmi'i • m flivy ira^t^f the,'-.Coiitni'eiit' or m America.^ / or; m Canada y and; one ; can oiily como to ftieconclusion that -the, working man • of • tralia-Vis. vcj"y v : itiuch better oil'- than m any of . the above '; countries.", •■ ' ~ ' '■: '