CHINA.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1918, Page 5

CHINA.

ANTI-OPIUM AGITATION. New York, Sept. 8. The Peking correspondent of the New York Times states that the anti-opium agitation is developing. Strong interpellations and an address have been sent to Parliament concerning the revival of the trade. The Minister of the Interior replied that the American Red Cross had applied for, and the United States had confiscated, opium for medical purposes. The Minister's reply is considered in Parliamentary circles to be an evasion.— Aus. N.Z. Cable Assoc. FROZEN MEAT. .«» THE SHIPPING PROSPECTS.By Telegraph.—Press Association, Wellington, Sept. 10. The Minister of Imperial Supplies, in a statement regarding the prospects of the frozen meat and dairy industries, estimates that after deducting the meat remaining in store at the end of the year from the total storage spaee, the available apace to receive meat for the remainder of the 1918-19 season will be 3,468,000* freight carcasesThe Hon. Mr. Guthrie says the position beyond the end of the year is necessarily dbscure, owing to the uncertainty of war conditions, but an assurance has been given that in the allocation of shipping in future the Australasian trades would receive worse consideration than it had been given in the past. Ti\e Hon- Mr. Guthrie added: "After the most careful examination of the prospects for the WW season, it appears to me that at the end of July the available freezing space will be quite about the .same as it was at the end of July of this year." The Minister said Mr. Massey, ill his latest telegrams, made threo important points—first, that the shipping outlookis more satisfactory, and is improving; second, he emphasises the necessity for an increase in cold storage space; third, he advises producers not to bo in a ]»urry to sell their produce at less than value.