FROZEN MEAT TONNAGE
CRISIS IN AUSTRALIA'S MEAT TRADE,: Sytlnoy, September 4. Tho Shipping Controller states that no further shipping space is obtainable for frozen meat. Tho amount which is stored in Australia at present represents more than the total annual export l)e----fbre tho war.' In order to prevent paralysis of the beef and mutton trades, tho Controller urges the provision of more refrigerated spaco on laud, as all the present sforago is 'exhausted—Press Assn.
(Rec. September 4, 10.15 p.m.) I Sydney, September 4. It is estimated that it will tako two years to ship tho cargo now held in Australia, owing to the scarcity of tonnage. Tho Space Allotment .Committee carried forward on July 31 3,285,000 tons of wliitft, 1,320,000 bales of wool, 50,000 tons of meat, 23,000 tons of rabbits and, 60,000 tons of other piditiicc. ' Tho merchants are .applying to tho Necessary Commodities Commission for an increase in the proclaimed price of maize, oats, and chaffi—Press -Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 5 September 1919, Page 7
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159FROZEN MEAT TONNAGE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 12, 5 September 1919, Page 7
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