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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 63, 7 December 1917, Page 4

Tho Board of Trade, which is at pre« sent' sifting in "Auckland, is still conV fcrring with peoplo interested in meat trade with reference to the pricesa in Auckland (says tho "Star"). A newj agrooment has recently been made by] tho Qovernmont with tho freezinc conH panics with regard to supplies ormeatii for local consumption, and this agree-' ment is to ho made the basis of tho new arrangements. Since the confer* ence Formerly held tlio Government has been atile to eliminate the storage fees from the terms offered for tho supply, of inea'C for local consumption from the Imperial hooks, and it is hoped an. agreement satisfactory to the may be arrived at, under which it may} be possible for the Government toi' supply fresh as well as frozon meat tor tho butchers. No finality has yet been, readied in reference to the proposed new arrangement. The boxinp tournament among troops in camp nt Trontham, which has been in progress for some time past, wae advanced another stage last night, when some exciting contests were decided., The Camp Commandant, Colonel H. R. Potter, and other camp officers, wero present, as well as reinforcement, officers. The audience was a large and enthusiastio . ono, and "standing room only" was tho order, long before tho first bout was becun.