MEAT NEGOTIATIONS

Southland Times, Issue 25313, 17 June 1935, Page 7

MEAT NEGOTIATIONS

SLOWNESS CAUSES DISSATISFACTION. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, Juno 14. The Sun-Herald says that although the Australians are expecting. a meat meeting early in the week, they .still await intimation from the British Government. The New Zealanders are dissatisfied with the slowness of the negotiations. The Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes sent a letter to Mr J. H. Thomas stating that he was returning at the end of June, but so far he has not been informed when the negotiations are likely to conclude. If a meat agreement satisfactory to Australia is not reached, Mr Lyons will not go to Europe. He said: “I am hopeful that we shall reach an early satisfactory agreement, but I cannot leave England until something definite is decided upon, therefore I may have to delay my departure. I shall confer with mv Ministers on my return to London on Saturday afternoon. I shall have a number of official discussions with New York, also with Ministers in Washington, and I shall discuss aspects of trade with the Prime Minister of Canada. I was most impressed with the tour organized by the British Empire League. It convinced me more than ever of the enormous possibilities of closer co-operation between England and Australia for the common good of the Empire.”