REINDEER FOR MEAT.
SCHEME TO INCREASE SUPPLIES. By lelecraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received March 11, 2.40 p.m. Toronto, March 0. Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, addressing members of Parliament, outlined a scheme for breeding reindeer in North Canada with a view to adding to the meat supplies. He proposed the assignment of five thousand square miles of territory for ten years, without taxation or expectation of revenue, as a breeding area. He estimated meat could be produced at a total cost of two cents a pound, and could be sold in New York at sixty cents. Tt is believed the Government will adopt the scheme —Aus - N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1920, Page 5
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