CONTROL OF MEAT.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 13

CONTROL OF MEAT.

A DOMINION SCHEME. TENTATIVELY APPROVED. (By Tetegraph.—Press Asaociation.) ' WELLINGTON, Friday. Some important proposals were forthcoming at a meeting held in Wellington to-day upon the subject of the organisation of the freezing companies' under : one board, having for its object to acquire On behalf of the stock owners of the Dominion all the freezing works at present existing for the purpose of the export of meat and by-products. [ The proposals are: To secure the return of surplus profits to the producers; to prevent the acquisition or control of the industry either by local or foreign vested interests; to control the industry and organise the receiving, killing, preparation, and shipment of stock and other agricultural produce. Provision is made for maintenance and control by the stock owners of the Dominion, the constitution to be some■what on the lines of harbour boards or the Meat Producers 1 Board. A central board of 10 is suggested, five from each Island, representing district boards. It is propesed to set up a valuation commission of three members, one appointed by the freezing companies' associations, one by the Meat Producers' Board, and the third to be appointed by the other two. It is variously estimated that the valuation of properties used in the conduct of the freezing business in the Dominion ranges from £7.500,00 to £10,000,000. The scheme has been tentatively approved and a committee set up to take evidence, obtain expert legal and financial advice, and prepare a report for a further meeting to be held later.