THE BUTTER CONTRACT.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11960, 11 December 1919, Page 5

THE BUTTER CONTRACT.

United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.

London, Dec 5

Sir Thomas Mackenzie interviewed Mr Roberts, asking whether the Government desired to renew JJthe butter contract after August next. He pointed out that official returns showed that meat in cold storage in Britain only amounted to 100,000 tons, out of a total storage capacity of 220,000. If ,'the balance of the space was occupied by goods not requiring refrigeration he asked Mr Roberts to clear it out and facilitate the storage of refrigerated cargoes awaiting discharge. Sir Thomas Mackenzie also urged that as che Argentine contract expired in September, the -. Government should utilise the tonnage thus released to bring the Imperial Government’s purchases from the Dominions, and also provide space for apples and rabbits.