COLONIAL MEAT FOR THE ARMY.
DISCUSSION IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Received 20, l). 41 a.m, London, February 20.
In the House of Commons Mr R. Runt inquired whether Mr R. B. HalJane, Minister for War, would give the colonies the first chance for the next contract for tinned meat, as there had not been complaints regarding the methods of manufacture and packing. Mr T. E. Buchannr. Financial Secretary to the Trea : "y, said tenders had been accepted from time to time from colonial firms In anticipation of an increased demand, anil m view of the Chicago revelations, and as it was the Government's desire to widen the area of supply, a special officer would be despatched to Australasia to report on the capacity of the colonies to give a larger supply than at present.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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134COLONIAL MEAT FOR THE ARMY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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