COLONIAL MEAT FOR ARMY SUPPLIES
| SURPLUS FOR THE ENGLISH . MARKET. . (By Telegraph-Press Assn.— > (Rep. May 5, 8.30 p.m.) J London, Mav 5. ' Mr. Runciman, President of th'<s Board of Trade, replying to Mr. WilJ : Thome (Labour), in the House of Conn J mens, said _tliat the price of New Zeai ' land and New South Wales meat was fixed by the local Governments. Thai Imperial Government had requisitioned; tlio whole of the Australiau and New! Zealand moat supplies, and proposed to. place the surplus over the Army's ro-( quirements upon the market, for oivilii ans. i He had asked Mr. Mackenzie Commissioner for New Sip Thomas Robinson (Agent-General foe Queensland), and Mr.'Montague Nelson (of Nelson Bros.) to report on tha method of placing the meat on the man ket, and the conditions of sale, in order to prevent an iinduo increase in the prico such as might arise through a shortage in supplies. The Government was now considering their report, and their expert knowledge would bo of much advantage bqf the national interests.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 5
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172COLONIAL MEAT FOR ARMY SUPPLIES Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2454, 6 May 1915, Page 5
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