THE MEAT INDUSTRY

Wairarapa Daily Times, 13 March 1935, Page 5

THE MEAT INDUSTRY

BRITAIN’S POLICY , y. ■ ■ MUTTON AND LAMB HELD UP. Press Association Electric Telegrapn—Copyright SYDNEY, Tuesday. Nineteen thousand carcases of mutton and lamb, due for ‘ loading into three ships hero to-day, have been held up owing to a sudden suspension by the Commonwealth Government of licenses for export pendinc the completion of negotiations with the British Government for the regulation of April to June shipments. The British Government had suggested that the April-June quota should not exceed the amount exported in the second quarter of last year, about 405,OOOcwt., whieh has 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 run the risk of having it dumped overseas.