MEAT SUPPLIES
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT’S PURCHASE. Ik <* ute r‘s Tel €- frra m . LONDON, May 5. In the House of Commons, Sir Eric Gcddes stated that tho Government had purchased the whole of the exportable plus of Australian and New Zealand frozen meat. The quantity of New Zealand moat awaiting shipment on March 31sfc was 173,039 tons, and ship- ■ - 'at was proceeding as fast as steamers were available. Beef and wether mutton were generally reserved for the Allied forces, and light mutton and lamb for civilians in Britain. Small quantities. of New Zealand meat had been exported to the West Coast ot Canada and tho United States.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10276, 10 May 1919, Page 8
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105MEAT SUPPLIES New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10276, 10 May 1919, Page 8
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