MARKETING BILL.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 182, 4 August 1930, Page 7

MARKETING BILL.

BRITISH PROPOSAL.

Scheme to Regulate Farm

Produce.

PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC.

(British Official Wireless.),

(Received 12.30 p.m.)

RUGBY, August 3,

An explanatory memorandum states that the Agricultural Marketing Bill, published yesterday, proposes to allow producers of agricultural product, to which the measure applies, to regulate the marketing of that product by means of boards elected by themselves, and in accordance with schemes submitted by themselves.

It is proposed that such regulation should be confined to products produced in the area to which the scheme is applicable, and the scheme will bo .binding on all producers of tho regulated product in that area.

The interests of the public and of individual producers are to be protected by requiring the Minister's approval of a scheme and Parliamentary sanction. Provision is made for producers to be protected by resort, if necessary, to arbitration, and a consumers' committee is to be established for every scheme that will further guard the interests of the general public. Complaints against the schemes -will be referred to -a committeo of investigation.