NEW ZEALAND MEAT
PURCHASE OR OPEN MARKET. NEGOTIATIONS IN PROGRESS. AN EARLY DECISION EXPECTED. (Bv Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Prime Minister is still in communication with the Imperial authorities on the question of the extension of the meat purchase contract, and he expects to have a definite reply within a day or two- .' The position of this matter at present is that Mr Massey has asked the Imperial Government whether they are willing to buy New Zealand frozen meat for another season. if they refuse, then nothing more can bo done. If they should be willing to purchase, then it is for the New Zealand exporters of meat to say whether they will agree to an extension of the requisition or whether they will prefer to take the risk of an open market and the attendant risk of shipping; but until a reply has been received from the Imperial Government it will be useless for New Zealand producers and exporters to discuss the question. Mr Massey has already stated that the indications _ are that the Imperial Government will not take the meat for a further term.
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Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14258, 8 January 1920, Page 5
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