EMPIRE MEAT SUPPLIES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3364, 17 December 1919, Page 2

EMPIRE MEAT SUPPLIES.

I 1 AUSTRALASIAN CONTRACTS. [ R-ENEVVAL NOT CONSIDERED. , _______ f » (‘H'I’:}C:KING THE TRUSTS. LONDON, Dec. 14. The committee on nlc'.lt supplies reported that the probable quantities of meat. tlmt can be sliipped by 1921 will be 1,871,000 tons, 'ln-12,254 stealners. Of the moat supplies 480,000 tons will be Austl'alasi_v_n, in 132 steamers, 847; 000 South Ame:-icall. in G 9 steanlez's. The aommittee I‘o(§(‘.iVC(l proposals tl‘.‘J-t rtonhsacts with Australia -and New Zealand should be extended long en'ougll to cover -the reconstruction period. but <*lenid<.‘«‘. 710$ f 0 pl'oeeed with eolx.siClorzl- - of this plan in the .absc~nco of any evi(lence that the Dominions wank‘ed the contracts maintained. The committee "thinks as far as mutton and lamb is concerned, the Em_nire will become S(?Tf:§ll})p‘(3l'til)g‘ within :1 few ye:ll‘si, but it must be dependent on South America for the bulk of‘ the imports of beef for a considerable I time. '

’_l‘he (30i11iI‘l’1i‘lC‘i€(‘, after referring to anti-trust measures, lagrces that 1-‘; is advisable to proxiicle a ready means of intervention to check practices, detrimental to the intere's'-ts of the consumer. It recommends ‘statutory licenses for importers, and dealers requiring; the licenses to furnish int'ormation relating to the ow.nership of their businesses, afi’ording* facilities for the examination of their books, and periodical returns slrowing past and (‘.\‘pC(3i'Cd receipts of meat. The repoi-it adds that (‘fi'.lCCl[iV4_\ measures, for dealing with tl'n.;-73:3 rquire legislation of {L ;;‘ell4\l".-‘l rrlrsirar?-Tm-_. am] :may'necessi—.":7.‘:~ il‘:i';?l':2ati.c-"::E en-opel'atio-n. ""i'I1:: :w.'ll(n'i.2'j.' I':ipO:'i’, to which Sir '£'. 13. .i'l\_')l')il'l.°:(‘::l, A.gent—General for ‘}7‘.!!‘(‘!lS'lfiil(l. subscribes. declares that Sil‘J,‘Si-'i_‘;‘ or giiarantee of business to British. works operating‘ in South x\.m.ol‘l(_‘lL is necessary in order to secure their continued existence, or the British Government. itself should".lequil'e and run uthe works. In either case it was requisite that sufficient. insulated shipping be provided by the British G-o‘ve:'nlnenl‘. --:--:---—-.