N.Z. SHEEPOWNERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 204, 29 August 1934, Page 17

N.Z. SHEEPOWNERS.

FEDERATION RESOLUTIONS

MEAT RESEARCH ADVOCATED.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Tuesday.

The following motions were carried at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Sheepowncrs and Farmers' Federation to-day: — "That the Meat Export Control Board be requested to arrange for a research institute, to be financed and controlled by the meat industry through the Meat Board; that the Meat Board be requested to set up a super or chilled grade of beef for export; that this meeting definitely opposes the Scientific and Industrial Research Amendment Bill."

The meeting confirmed the arrangement entered into with the Prime Minister regarding research into the manufacture and general treatment of wool fibre, and agreed to the amount allocated to New Zealand, provided other woolproducing countries within the Empire, including the United Kingdom, paid their quota on- a sheep proportion'basis in the following proportions: Australia, 110,000,000 sheep, £10,500; South Africa, 45,000,000, £4300;. New Zealand, 29,000,000, £2S00; United Kingdom, 26,000,000, £2400. After discussion on the present position regarding the restriction on the export of meat to the United Kingdom, the following resolution was carried: "That it is. apparent that Great Britain finds it necessary to restrict imports of meat; that any restriction on the export of meat from New Zealand must prove disastrous to the whole Dominion; therefore the New Zealand Sheepowners and Farmers' Federation most strongly urges upon the Government the necessityof developing markets with other countries, and more particularly the United States. We are of opinion that no other subject is at present of such outstanding importance to the Dominion."

Mr. IT. D. Acland was re-elected president, and Mr. J. S. Jessep and Mr. E. Hay were re-elected vice-president and treasurer respectively.