MEAT PLAN

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21419, 11 March 1935, Page 11

MEAT PLAN

* I Empire Crisis 1 Possible j^ g IN LONDON | IfIjPMENT OF ( !111XED I TRADE ■gtllGß.iSU <•- ' ..*; v eiM arch 10 - 10 ' 4(i p ' m ' } I LONDON. March 9. j -Vews-Chronick-" declares ,leat situation arising from , Elliot's Plan threatens a . rmpi rc cri; ~' x in - ol%in t> ■■% :e c ollap?c of the Ottawa r attributes ," e to Vcstey's secret det :: *.V c ,f chilleil meat. Now. equipped for gas storT ,rire Argentine trade, the f ' replace Australian and i 'c'.'pnd frozen meat by the m- * chilled meat. More- - -rrn has acquired control~t's in vital sections of the an£ j New Zealand meat P" "'T-jr value being more than \evvs-Chronieie acids. - , and New Zealand are to foster Vestey's promising an inci ease in their exports by 50 per * Veir pronouncements leave "'. ■v; of their attitude to Mr while Argentina is 'riding firm." AUSTRALIA FIRM ftCCEPTANCE IN PRESENT FORM : Reived March 10, 7 p.m.) CANBERRA, March 10. • Earle Page, the acting Prime »-pt, has informed newspaper teffitatives that the Common- - •Rill not accept the British jTimport proposals ,as they r He claims that in this form „fr can only be introduced with scurrence of all Empire counts Queensland Minister for Ui_jlture (Mr F. W. Bulcock) ,i'hat a levy of id per lb on |f:e meat would create a tragic *n for the cattlemen of AusTARIFF SCHEME FAVOURED '% FLEXIBILITY ARGUED :.-.:::ved March 11, 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, March 10. : "Observer" says: "New Zeaijitis reasoned protest against the Jt' !eiy again illustrates the difIt. c of quotas which ehill and ies tne whole area •of trade, -itaig fetters, while tariffs are :!e m their scale and prefer- = can be adjusted to any nai purpose. Any reduction of <si consequent on increased = can sooner be corrected by "caanges than by other means. Action to dominion ATTITUDE \ Miction alternative to levy I < LONDON, March 8. j * Zealand's rejection of the &y scheme, closely following H , a le Page's reply, has caused '' feeling that the meat [ is as "dead as mutton." HIT • ? re reserv ing their con-,- : ;.p : .°P-nion pending an exammreplies, but regarding i'vfc 0D Government quarters are repeating more emphaticthey stand by the White plainly stating the Govpolicy. Dominions decline a levy rj is drastic rewhich Great Britain would 50n July 1. %)CAL TRADE WITH BRITAIN ia XCFFIELD'S opinions 11 USOCItTIOH TELEGRAM.I March 9. • jiffield, who left by the j, "^ a y' sa id in a farewell f# skf* 4? h °P ed would be r# 'J tho ri me before he came li i l Don,ini °n. He would '' '-'tnrt nstan t and earnest enll^Wni everythin g t0 impress E "e!=nd Iho urRtods u ® °* buying New Zea-ißi-as l preference to foreign. Countr y in the Em'lt'J Wav I f' ore t ' ian New Z° a " K« Britain eCipr ° Cal trading Nuffield visited I|W * nd expressed aptgjN U r h ° us e and grounds. M^ a Mrs W. R. Wilson ■N. and °u nde F ful ' cac ' to New ill- L» 3 V e hoped their gift Htj^Binion nSpirat ' on to *' ie Bc* s been in New V %et L k 6 - days ' He ex " Jii ! n B unable to $ / sendpr? i wished to °f i or to all '»'3^his D er « letters he had Pers °nal attention.