AUSTRALIAN TINNED MEAT.
COMPLAINT TO THE WAR OFFICE.
United Press Association—Copyright (Received Jan. 26, 4.32 p.m.) LONDON, Jau. 25. Mr. Taverner, Victorian AgentGeneral, interviewed Mr. Haldane, Secretary for War, and complained that the alterations .in the War Office specifications for tinned meat contracts, closing on January 13tb, and permitting the use of cheap 31tins, had placed Victorian tendeis at a disadvantage compared with fbe Auierioans. Mr. Haldane, in reply, regretted that tlie mistake had been made, and promised that Ar- • ralia would be given ample 11 Rice of 1 '»y alterations in specificati >ns in the future.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2098, 27 January 1908, Page 2
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