ADVANCES ON MEAT
With.'XreroTenio to tho cablegram received a day or two ago from Sir Joseph Ward, London, advising that the Home Treasury had agreed to pay 75 per cent, for all meat after three months in store, the Hon. • Arthur Myers, Acting-Ministerof Finance, in- ' formed a representative of The Dojiixios that as tho reference contained in the message to the restriction on 80,000 tons measurement was not understood aij this end, a cable message 'Was dispatched to Sir. Joseph Ward, Rasing'for'an explanation, and a> reply phae ]ust-been received, advising that '■■tli©- Home Treasury at first stipulated ■"that no advance would be iiiado ngainet 'iw season's intake .till after 80,000 tons measurement were in store, which would mean aa far as presont stock is concerned no advance could have been made. This restriction has now teen removed, affording -.much appreciated relie? to all concerned. The Hon. D. H.Guthrie, Minister in Charge of Imperial Supplies, says that tho advance will probably be en a monthly basis. Such a system could be worked very easily.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 293, 30 August 1918, Page 8
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173ADVANCES ON MEAT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 293, 30 August 1918, Page 8
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