FOOD COMMISSION.
AUSTRALIAN MEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyriirht Sydney, August 31. Before the Food Commission, the president of the Master Butchers' Association gave evidence that the Hpmebtish sales were described as fat stock sales. Instead they were "knocker" sale?. More than fifty per centum of the meat killed was unfit to be killed, while at Glebe Island it was evidently considered that what was fit for a dog was fit for human consumption.
ALLEGE!) meat ring. Perth, August 31. The Government, in pursuance of its policy of breaking up the alleged meat: ring, and supplying tho public, with cheaper meat, has opened a butchers' stall. The Premier was the first ; purchaser. It was announced that the best beet»irill be sold at sixpence to sevenpence a pound, and other qualities at a proportionate rate, in order to secure a fair margin of profit.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1534, 2 September 1912, Page 5
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141FOOD COMMISSION. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1534, 2 September 1912, Page 5
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