BRITISH ARMY CONTRACTS.
A MINISTER’S STATEMENT. EMPIRE MEAT TOO DEAR. LONDON, February 15. In the House of Commons, replying to questions ns to why the recent Army tinned meat contract was given to the Argentine, Sir L. WorthingtonEvans said that the two Empire tenders were respectively 26 and 45 per cent, above that accepted. Consequently, they were prohibitive, even after allowing for the preference normally given. The Government was anxious to obtain Empire • meat, but there was a limit to what could be paid in the form of preference. Neither 26 nor 45 per cent, dearer permitted the contract to be given to the Empire.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Wairarapa Age, 17 February 1927, Page 5
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107BRITISH ARMY CONTRACTS. Wairarapa Age, 17 February 1927, Page 5
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