THE MEAT TRADE

Hokitika Guardian, 5 November 1932, Page 5

THE MEAT TRADE

SECRET TREATY ?

BRITAIN AND SOUTH AMERICA

fUnited Preso Association—Ey Electric Telegraph—( opyri£ht.,)

LONDON, Nov. 3.

The “Daily ’ states there is a sceret agreement between the. British Board of Itade and the South Americaan meat exporters. This is causing the British ■ Government'' o embarrassment.. '■ ‘ • n ., <b-

The pact operates for“. eighteen months, as from New; Year; At has been, published at Buenosr Aires* The agreement permits the Freight (shipping) Conference to import! meat into Britain on the basis of the'Argentine imports for the month of*June, 1932. - •'* The “Herald” adds:“The 'films concerned have "already divided’ •• up the spoils. Should the British Government give way to the rebel- Tory members of the House of Commons, the Argentine negotiations must'be -revised.” DOMINION MEATI) INTEREBTS. AGAINST RAISING THE TARIFFS.

LONDON, Nov. 3

The "Sydney Sun’s’.', representative learns that the - Australian meat intereats emphatically protest* against' the attempts being* made to 5 ’raise British tariffs against' the: Empire l ‘countries. They contend that '• this would be precluded by the Ottawa- Agreements. They, say ‘tariffs alone 1 canriotfraiSe/the Home prices,'‘ Which at present are at bankruptcy levels/ ''Home-grown beet is at five pence-i-per '• pond,the lowest ever, in living memory:!!UNew Zealand mutton is selling at two pence I per lb. This scarcely pays' the cost/bf its shipment.

OTTAWA BILL CARRIED.

IN THE BRITISH COMMONS

r , ’ LONDON, Nov. 3. In the House of Commons, speaking on the Ottawa Agreements Bill, 'the Chancellor of the Exchequer., Mr Neville Chamberlain, '&aid that all Governments on coming into jfower found agreements and conventions,ibut they had to wait fixed periods before- they could vary them. Tt was true;''be said, that Parliament could, if it cdibse“law-i er .the duties, but it .was extrenSe%jnnlikely that it should Want tp do’s#- Referring to meat, Mr Chamberlain said that confusion had been caused, by the

use of the term “‘quotfli*’ .The p-oblem

of the fall in -the ■ prim* r wns fflue -to nnregulated shinies- This problem had become intense in recent ykiri; He believed that it was Possible the producers would make voluntary agreements among themselves to, avoid alternate glut# and shortages with' the Govern' merely acting as a “policeman,” Jor umpire to see their agreement was carried out. ,/■ - .

It was not suggested that the Ottawa Agreements would solve unemployment, he said, but they did claim,/-that they provided new Opportunities for trade over 1 a wide field, nndmsmoothed the way towards 'a wider agreement among the nations of the world; The third rending of - the ./Ottawa Agreements Bill was carried-.by_.4l6 it to

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CANADIAN RATIFICATION.

OTTAWA. Nov. 3

The Canadian House* "of Commons ratified the Anglo-Canadian trade agreement on Thursday riight by 128 votes to 80. The agreement tf'aA supported by the Conservatives, one liberal, six Progressives, includnig'^Weral. Western Farmer’memberi. fid T4*was opposed by .the Liberals, ,! iwd''Independents, and four Labour members.

- N.Z. ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.

i fßeceived th’* Thr nt T6.'25 n.rp.l ‘ LONDON. 1 N6v. ! -'4: ■ The New Zealafid Meat ‘Board is cooperating with Sir'Thomas Wilford in a vigourous advertising campaign \in South Wales, West Yorkshire",’ Lancashire, Newcastle' and Edinburgh, on the lines of the Sheffield and Leeds ventures in 1931. W.r . : i;; ' '

WARTIME CONTROL REVIVED

POSITION WORSE SINCE OTTAWA

LONDON, Nor. 4. Tin “‘Daily Express’’ .says, that the r . f, >i» s decided ,to revive:;what will practically be the wartime control of the meat industry, and will establish twenty-two public abattoirs to chill British beef like that of the Argentine, and control wholesale prices. The “Daily Telegraph’’ says that Mr Chamberlain candidly admits "that the \ position regarding meat has -become worse since Ottawa, where a further fall in price was neVer expected.- The glut is mainly the dominions’ glut.since imports from Australia and New’Zealand alone rose from 4,304,000 cwts in 1929 to 6,500,000 cwtsp'iW-1931. For

those living by the raising of stock, here or in the dOminions, \ figures do rot represent', plenty, but ruin. Never were fatal conferences, and unregult.ted stipply, more viyidly illustrated.