MEAT FOR BRITISH ARMY
EMPIRE TENDERS TOO HIGH. LONDON, Feb. 15. In the House of Commons, replying to questions as to why the recent Aifmy tinned meat contract was given to the Argentine, Sir L. Worthington Evans said that the two Empire tenders were respectively 26 and 45 per cent, above that accepted, and consequently they were prohibitive, even after allowing for the preference normally given. The Government was anxious to obtain Empire meat but there was a Jimit to what could be paid in the form of preference. Neither the 26 nor 45 per cent, dearer tender permitted the contract to be given to the Empire.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19769, 17 February 1927, Page 9
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