AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3504, 16 June 1920, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

1‘ NO J‘j.‘{'l.7l:l.‘\';:§lU.‘\l OF CO;\'ThACT.‘S.

The meat. cablegl'zun from 11.91 bom'n,3 srzuixlg that “continuation is mnmunccxl mt’ the Inézli' contracts be--I'\s'vcll .-\u.~'tI'nli:L and the lxnpn-1'i:'11 Govul'nnlollt"’ \\'ns misleading to the ex» tent that it suggested an extension of thc cxislting contracts. According to the .\lolboul'ne m-wspapors, the pro. dllcing ilmrrcsts have decided to :zb:ul~ don a }_)l‘OpO:3iLl for the I:erlllinzltion of the uont;u:lcts, as :1 ,I'Csult» the contracis are to be continued in accox-d~ uncc with the ol'igill;u.l \:lI'1"Ll1l§,Z'M1l(_\n1 until three months after the sivgxling of peace with.:lll the belligerent pow

Il.‘llol‘U was an agitation some time ago among bhth pl'oL'luCel's and export‘ 01's for the tel'min:ltion of the contracts and the securing of the \\'m'l(! ':~' parity. It was pointed out that it might be many months yet bet'm~c ~peuce was sigxic-L1 with ’l‘u‘l'k:-_'.' and Bnlgurizx, and it '»\':,ls felt that the whole position was so indefinite that it wuuhl be the \\'i>‘e.~'t plan to al-range if possible, with the imperial Government to fix a. delinite-date for thr terniiuation of the CUlll'l'tl('.i. Recently, il()\\'€\’Cl', the growers have been 'n.«Ain.-«.1 to a.lter their opinion. in View at the congested meat stocks -in Eng‘lamll, and the prevuiing feeling now is that the contl'2lct.< with the Imperial authorities are to the present 3&vuntage of the Austmlian meat industry, pal'tieularl_v as e:~:pol'tel's are permitted to sell in other mzn'ket.<. Delegates from the several meat—expol~tin_9: States had :1. conference on M:l_\;' 20 with the Prixile l\linistel' on the subject. of the contracts with the British Govermneiit.and it was :1 result of this eonfermice that the decision \\'zls_m'rived at to continue the contracts in :Iceol'<el:ule..3 with the ori-

ginal zlrl':lngon:c-nt.+. It was also decided To urge the Imperial authorities to dispose as quick--I_\' ‘as possible of ’the ::Icculnul‘ated <l-Lmks of Austl':llian meat in Great Britain, in order to relieve the con'gostion of stocks that are (stored on Tmp(‘l'i:l] contract in the Commonwealth.