§ Mr. Liddallasked the Minister of Food whether the wholesale price of imported beef and mutton is declared to retailers as is the case in respect of home-killed; and why Australian cow-beef is being charged the same price as Argentine ox-beef?
§ Mr. W. S. MorrisonThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. As regards the second part of the Question, there is at present only one price for imported beef sold for the retail trade. Arrangements were recently made for the best Australian cow-beef only to be sold for this trade; the other grades, known in the trade as F.A.Q., will for the present be sold for manufacturing purposes only.