DAIRY CONTROL BOARD TROUBLES

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9454, 7 April 1927, Page 3

DAIRY CONTROL BOARD TROUBLES

GOVERNMENT’S LONDON MEMBER RESIGNS MR PATERSON OBJECTS TO MR WRIGHT. London, April 0 Mr - Slronuch Paterson has written to the High Coinmis-it iier lor New Zea. land resigning his position us Government representali-.c on the Loudon Agency of Hie Dairy Produce Board. In a covering teller, Mr Paterson, says tie discussed Hie mailer fully with the Hon. J. G. Coates (ITune Minister of New Zealand) in November. He quotes a letter lo Mr Coates of November S, ill which lie suggested that Hie only course open to him was to toulmue U, work as opportunity might oiler to such modification of the machinery ol control as might mitigate against Hie bad results winch he feared and fot breaking down Hie prevailing hostility to New Zealand daily produce, also ioi Hie re-establishment ol goodwill mu Hie co-operation of all branches of Hie dairy produce trade In England. Me Coales had agreed to this. Mr Paterson also quotes a letter Jr wrote to Mr Co<>tes on December 38. m which he said ho was content to carry on his duties us long as he had Mr Coates’ confidence. Of this Mr Coate| assured him and expressed a wish that he should carry on with the understand mg Uml Mr Ratersoii should continue the policy outlined tat November 8, That policy had since been scrupulously followed, in December Mr Paterson says he informed Mr (.exiles that it woiilTi In-, impossible for him to cany oil il Ml J. R. Wright were appointed to the London Agency. He fully explained hi; reasons for that. As Mr Wright was now appointed from (he date of departure of Messrs Horns and Motion toward Hie end of this month, Mr Patersou asks Sir Jamevs Parr to convey tc Mr Coates his desire _lo resign forth with. The appointment of Mr Stronach Pat. erson as the New Zealand Government’* representative on Hie Loudon Agency ol Ihe Dairy Produce Board was an nounccd at a meeting on June 2G, 192,i 'The lerms wore a three monllis engage men!, terminable by throe months’ notice on cither side. Mr Paterson was tc attend all Agency meetings and tc “keep in close touch with all contemplated nr carried ou! h\ HR Agency.” , His salary was fixed a( fi.OOC per year. At a meeting of Hie Hoard in January, the following resolution was can ried —“That the Acting Prime Minislci be written lo and informed that MS Paterson, the Government’s nominee on the London Agency, is not supporting Hie policy of Hie Hoard and is making the position in London very difficult, and Hie Board considers that Mr Paterson should be retired from the Agency.s On March 12, the Minister of Agricul. lure replied, slating Hint the Board’s representations had been carefully con sidered, and that "the Government if satisfied with the manner in wlncn Mr Paterson has 'discharged his duties as ils representative on Ihc London Agen. cy, and in ihe absence of evidence cannot sue its wai- to take action in the direction suggested in the Board’s rosolulion.” Mr Paterson is a member of the firm of A. S. Paterson and Company.