HAMILTON PROTEST.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 2

HAMILTON PROTEST.

rru.Mrr action up.ged. GOVERNMENT'S OPTIMISM. NUT F-IIARLD IN WAIKATO. Sl'tlGEvsTKO SHORTAGE IN AL STIIALIA. OF C"OMMA\'l>l-I.'Pl.'l> SHIP-. tT.v T elcytui'U. - -Own (one* iioudcut.l HAMILTON, this day A large meeting ol graziers at Hamilton io-.li.v disciinscl what action should be taken to fuiv.-tiiil the tli-aster wlncii .lii'c.iicns the graziers and dairy pi" duccrs of the Auckland province in ti"' coming season owing to the shortage ~1 shiiJpiiiL; tiiul frce/iiig space. Mr. Kwen .McGregor, who presided, prodjclcd that the present acute |»o-, tion regardine the supph of -pace would not diminish lor many inuiil.is, bill ivoiild, ii anything, become worse. >" on,' could he blamed lot the piesi ut. state 01 ailairs. li ine Imperial i.ovcrn itictlt saw lit. in I lie inter,-sis ~|' th,, Kin j'it-c. to divert ships to tin- Ar-ctitine "ii account ot Lite urgency oi getting supplies, 5,.,.v Zealand citld not complain. GOVKKNUKNT IL-WCK A Minister of the I Town had informed htlil that, o.vnu to Australia having ceased to export. New /.calan I wool i now have plenty ol boats. He Wits in .-lined. however. t" i ontladict tl"Minister on this p..int. lor as soon ns the present diiiu.'hl :u Australia broke they would require more -Tip- t.i.in ever. Il' the | pie ol New Zealand did not disturb themselves, the.i would have 1 lit-ir produce left on tbeii 1,an.l- tliis. . inning season. The war would undoubtedly la.st iit least another t -v.-lv. mouth-, an.l the only thing lelt to tiie producers ~! New Zealand was to set about building additional freezing store-. Dtirili- the pa.-t twelve months the graziers of \\ aik.it.. had spent t Hi.lXMt more than tlu-y should to get their pro due fro/en. owing to ther,. being in adequate space in the province. Dining Ihe coming season the southern works would lie close! to them, so that in addi tion to the Toll,'mi I , ill case, thill t to-.v had sent south during the .season, the,*. would have r.i pally i:i.Ti_«ui_ herdtlirovvu upon thc.t hands, with no hope of relief. L.i HAL ACTION.

He had received an otfer uf a 40-ton free/ting plant, which be .suggested should hi- purchased and placed in tiie Horotiu works directly th.-- ,v.- r .. erected, as then- was little hope ol freezing machines being got ■■ ut from England until the end of tn,. war. Mr. Gribble s.ii.l he ha 1 rea-on to he licve thai tho freezing companies of the Dominion held from To to ill) per ecu: ~: the meat al pre-.'lit in store, and. as '.he prices were to be raised from July 1. ihev were making ,t present of this little amount to the companies. lie suggested th.it a strong deputation re presentative of the producer: ~f the and suggest to him that, tn view of the t'aet that t.he Argentine was nearer to England than New Zealand, .md thai boats ha.l been divert.-.1 there, it might h,- possible to recoii-i.'. : ihc previous proposition, and devis,. 50,,.- better means of dealing with ihe position in New Zealand. SELL To OTHER DOMTN'IoNS. line proctT a I way would be to remove New Zealand meat lo possibly empty stores in VustriiHa. ot to get permission to sell part of i' to Australia and Canada. lie also suggested that this deputation should make strong representations regarding lac commandeered boats and better discharging faciirCcs in England. Also, whether or not Marseilles could !„■ used for the discharge of part of the cargo for allied troops. A further matter that should 1«- brought under the Govern-nK-nt's notice was the .his.nihility ~f preventing companies freezing on thuir own account during the present strngency. 'Prey should also get n definite announcement from the Government us to its intentions regarding meat in stores, but not f.n.b. It was also desirable that the producers should have representation on the I ive mens Shipping Commit tec. Another important matter that would I,- greatly to the interests of the producer was the establishment of a cell trill bureau iv Wellington, where a sehodiiNi of all spice should be drawn out. and representatives of the producer, advised accordingly.

C.-U'STIC CRITICISM. Mr. Campbell Johnstone said the reconiinendationa did not go far enough. Who. in tile first place, wan to Manic f„r S the fi'-t that the proilucem wen- md re pi-i.-ctited ,ni tin- I iv. ..-sea.- Committee: Nnliudv but th- Auckland Farmers' ll'ninn.' They took charge of the whole I thing, and should have seen to this. He I was glad that the president nf the union I was thivre to hear what he said. As far las the Auckland Frw-ing Works were ; onc-rnc I. the producers wore forced to i obtain their space through Hie dealers. and bad ti. pay the de-tilers' price. The -pet;.,-- in Ittlge.l iii very caustic eritiicis.'n respecting the administration of the l-'a.nnc:-' Freezing Company, an.l jsa.iT that if the directors bad kept pace iw.it h the times, and studied stnti.stii-s, | this trouble could have to a large extent Ibeen m-t. MORE TRIPS WANTED. Mr. J. C. Allen said it seemed to him ■that they should get more trips out ot the ships .it presen! in commission. Possibly by using interned German ships they cold in turn release refrigerated ships from the carriage of ordinary i Mr. A. A. Ross, president of the AtiekI land Farmers' 1 nioii. said lie thought l.the boa:, a: present nt Xew Zealand's j disposal could probably lie used to much | greater advantage. Major Lnsk. ex president of the j Auckland Y.ir t -' liiioii. resented Mr. j Johnstone's criticism, Mr. Johnstone. I wa. a tu,Mil,ci of ihe union, but was one 1 of those who gave the union no active support, nn.l helped il to attain nothing. The union hail done it- best to grapple with a v.-rv .liflicul: problem. Mr. .1. Mcliiegoi- suggested ntbe possibility of the Government getting refrigerated ships from America or Japan. DEPI'TATION TO PRF.MIER. . I A committee w:t s set up, consisting ol ; Mes.-is. K. McGregor, .1. Mm'if. <". Johnstone. A. A. Krr-s. J. C. Allen, and W. Morgan, to n.-i in con junction with kindred bodies throughout New Zealand, nnd arrange a deputation to wait on the Prime Minister nnd impress on bi'ii the necessity for providing adequate shipping space. Tlic chairman asked the i nor ling whother it was satisfied that the Auckland I Fanners' Freezing Company lad done

what was necessary in the past, was doing what was necessary at present, and whebher it was doing its best for I the fuTure interests of the graziers of (he province. He also invited the meet- ! in., to indicate any direction ill which it would like representations made at that afternoon's meeting con veiled by the Freezing Conipanv. This led to-the expression of further 1 strongly worded opinions concerning the ; company, -but ultimately a resolution | was passe,! aflirmitig bhe desirability of the freezing plant already mentioned ! being secured for llie llorotiu works.

A. AND P. ASSOCIATION VIEWS. A SKKinrs DEVELOPMENT. PHTMARV IXDI'STRIE.S [ Tiii;i-:.\T'KNi-:n. 1 The serious position that has arisen in ~,- meet i,ni with I iie shortage of ships, I .md the euitgi-Mliuti that ii- taking place i with the expnrlable [irodliee of Auck-i I land, was mentioned at the meeting of I the conimittoc of the Auckland A. and P. Association this afternoon. I '..- president iMr. S. W. Lnxford) .-Hid that "lie nf our greatest industries ~,- Ihreateued with paralysis. The -iiniTiige of simce itppearctl to have been i.roiljjilt sib.vut l,y the fact that a number uf our vi-sselo were commandeered t.. carry troops. We did not know win-re we were. The butter season j v\,,ii,,. .-pen in a couple .if nioiitbs, and ,we cuiilii mil arrange for the .shipment uf >>v r dairy produce tlien. It was I iii.'cnt. Mr. I.uxford stilted, that the I T.v eiii'iiciil. iii ennjiitictiun with the ImjH-iial iuilhorities. should endeavour tv cupc with what was an exceedingly Mr. Wilfred Johnson thought that it w.is m,i.i unfair that out of fourteen li.'.it- now loading in \evv Zetland, the Ulcklsilid |,r,.vinc'. ,h,,uld be piv'.-n spo.-e 1.,1- milt 5..",U(l ciii'i-.i5,,-. .There were, lie t.'i.ui.lil. -"tne sn.i'ii.i ,-arc.ir.-s waiting here ill st'Tr. -it Hubert Lock-:,:, ti risked whether it hud been made clear that butter would l,e given preference over meat in regard , to export. The president replied in the affirmative. Mr -I. M. P-iillipps said that the Government had lieen bianied for a good : deal, but he would a«k, hid those most . niiee, ne.l the producers -rtr-n to (.lie occasion.in helping the aut-'iot itics in this important matter:' Mr. Isaac Grn.v. remarked lii.it he had heard n good .lea! of claptrap talked : about the shortage uf shi|,s. but he eon . ,-:d,-red that the Government had done j all that it was able to do in providing for the ex-port of produce during a living Line. ' The discussion closed I.v , tie of the mi'Mitier* pointing out th.tt 'iie A/and P. .Wmi-tion lei not 1 n invited tn -end represent uiv.-s to the conference with members of Parliament, whi.-h was 1 1 >.■:ti_- held this afteriiooii at the Chamber ~f t'.otimerce. He tliuiiirht that their Assoc'.! ■ ion was beiii, overlooked ill re gird to -p..!. matter-.