AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
NEW SOUTH WALES MEAT INDUSTRY. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—-Copyright. Sydney, May 5. Representatives of the Producers’ Associations pressed upon Sir George Fuller the desperate condition of the cattle industry, which they declared was faced with ruin. They asked for a reduction in railway freights by 50 per cent., the abolition of price-fixing in regard to meat, improvement in the present wasteful loading methods, and standardised official grading to prevent the shipment of inferior quality. Sir George Fuller promised the earliest consideration, stating that he realised the present conditions meant ruin. The Government was determined to do all possible to keep the producers on the land. It had also determined to reduce taxation. OGPRA FREIGHTS. Sydney, May 5. A reduction in the copra freight by 15e to 80s a ton is announced by the overseas shipping companies. A further reduction is anticipated by the South Pacific growers and traders, and it is also hoped to induce the harbour trust to repeal thp regulations respecting the storage and shipment of copra, which is one of the obstacles to the recovery for Sydney of the South Sea trade.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1922, Page 5
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186AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1922, Page 5
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