LICENSES SUSPENDED
AUSTRALIAN MEAT EXPORTS.
DISCUSSION OVER QUOTAS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. Rec. 8.10 p.m. Sydney, March 12. Nineteen thousand carcases of mutton and lamb, due for loading into three ships here to-day, have been held up owing to a sudden suspension by the Commonwealth Government of licenses for export, pending the completion of negotiations with the British Government for the regulation of April-June shipments.
The British Government had suggested that the April-June quota should not exceed the second quarter of last year, about 405,000 cwt, which had already been shipped. The Commonwealth, however, expects to have 700,000 cwt of mutton and lamb available for export in the forthcoming quarter.
The acting-Prime Minister, Dr. Earle Page, explained to-day that the Commonwealth had asked the British Government to agree to a substantial increase in the quota and negotiations regarding the matter were now in progress. The Commonwealth Government, he added, felt it would be wiser temporarily to suspend licenses for further shipments as the British Government, acting within its own rights, might impose definite limitations on the amount •that would be allowed to land in England.
It would be better to keep the meat in cold storage in Australia than rim the risk of having it dumped overseas. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19350313.2.50
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1935, Page 5
Word Count
206LICENSES SUSPENDED Taranaki Daily News, 13 March 1935, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in