THE TRADE COMMISSION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 148, 9 November 1912, Page 5

THE TRADE COMMISSION.

THE MEAT TRADE. By Gable—Press Association—Copyright. London, November 7 At the Empire Trade Commission, representatives of the Irish Industrial Association complained that the Commonwealth treated poplins as wool instead of as silk. It was important that the Commonwealth should institute a special definition ,of Irish pot-still whisky, which did not come under the definition of "all malt" or "blended." Representatives of the Incorporated Society of Meat Importers complained of the substitution of inferior foreign meat in English shops for Australian and New Zealand. They commended the Christchurch Meat Company's system of meat labelling. A large amount of the best Canterbury lamb was sold in the West as English.

MANCHESTER EVIDENCE. Received 8, 11 p.m. London, November 8. Giving evidence before the Empiw Commission, representatives of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, complained that inadequate time was allowed by Australia and New Zealand for tenders. In many cases time was so limited that it is impossible for Britishers to tender, except by cable. They also .protested against the proposal to amend the New Zealand Income Tax Act in order to tax a business non-resident in the Dominion. The representatives of the Manchester Ship Canal urged the deletion of the Australian charters clause prohibiting the use of a ship canal. All other countries had done so.