EXPORT OF PIG MEAT.
HOW DOMINION CAN AID
MfXK'IPAL PIGGERIES PROPOSED.
(By Telegraph. — rress -Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. flip starting of municipal piggeries to help Britain by producing more pis moat is being considered by a number of local i bodies in New Zealand, Making this , statement, the Hon. P. Webb, Minister ot Labour, said he was appealing to all local bodies throughout the Dominion, where relief labour was available, to consider the advisability of putting land into production to grow pigfeed. "Since Britain is very anxious to get as much pig meat as is possible for us to export, and realising difficulties of many farmers in producing sufficient root and other crops to provide extra food, the Labour Department," he said, "is anxious to co-operate with local bodies in using I in the most productive avenues. labour that cannot find employment in industries or on farms. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 4
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