THE MEAT TRADE
DISCHARGE OF STEAMERS
AN AUSTRALIAN COMPLAINT.
l!v Electric Telegraph—Cor., iglit.J LONDON, Feb. 11.
The owners of steamers carrying Australian meat have protested to the Board of Trade against the priority given to steamers from River Plate discharging meat at London and Liverpool. The average time for discharging an Australian steamer was now six weeks. River Plate boats are discharging in ten days. Several recent instances were given that Rivci Plate boats had commenced discharging directly they arrived, while Australian boats waited two months for berths. It is understood that River PL'to steamers have preference, because their moat is privately owned. Its owners are willing to pay a much higher price for storage than the Board of Trade will pay for Government-owned meat. Irritation is growing against (he retention of control, which is maintaining the high prices of meat, while enormous quantities are choking the stores and delaying steamers at high yxpen sc.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1920, Page 2
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