DUTY ON MEAT

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 311, 17 December 1936, Page 5

DUTY ON MEAT

British Move To Increase Revenue. Press Association —Copyright. Rugby, December 15... The financial resolution, which is a prelude .to the Government’s ’Livestock Industry Bill which will be one of the first measures to be considered by' Parliament after the recess, was discussed this evening. The purpose of tin- Bill is described as providing for the development and better organisation of the industry and connected industries, for paying a subsidy to producers of fat cattie, for regulating imports of livestock and meat, and for the holding of markets and the slaughtering of livestock. The resolution imposes from tomorrow an import duty of 3d a pound on chilled meat, 2-3 d a pound on other beef and veal, and 20 per cent ad valorem on boned and boneless beef and edible offals, excluding sweetbreads and canned foods. Empire products are exempted. The resolution is described as the outcome of long and difficult negotiations with the Argentine. The du Pies are expected to raise over £3,(1(10,000 per annum.

One Big Union Movement Again.,

Press Association —Copyright. Wellington, L<mt Ni-.’it. A proposal,.to form one big delegate organisation, representing the whole trade union movement of the Dominion, was considered at a conference to-day, consisting of' representatives of the New Zealand Alliance of Labour and the New Zealand Trades and Labour Council Federation. The plan, is to form a body on the model of the Trades Union Congress in Great Britain. The conference drafted a constitution for the new mganisa’ion and prepared plans for national conference of demga-lt:- from all industrial bodies in Hr l Dominion, This conference will lin illy dm. i mine the structure and policy of the projected organisation.