SHEEP OWNERS OF DOMINION

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21255, 29 August 1934, Page 16

SHEEP OWNERS OF DOMINION

4> ANNUAL MEETING OF FE ORATION i: -/n : s on ?.ieat EXPORTS UT,r.5iJ AS:iOCIATIOK TELIOU-M.) WELLINGTON, August 28. The fallowing motions were carried at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Sheep Owners' 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 j through the Meat Board." "That the Meat Board be requested to set up a super or chilled grade of beef for export." "That the unemployment levy on incomes be placed on the same basis as the income tax." "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 wool-producing countries within the Empire, including the United Kingdom, paid their quota on a sheep proportion basis, in the following proportions:—Australia, 110 million sheep, £10,500; South Africa, 45 million £4300; New Zealand, 29 million,' £2HOO; United Kingdom, 26 million' £2400. New Markets for Meat? After discussion on 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 Sheep Owners' and Farmers' Federation most strongly urges upon the Government the necessity of 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." The meeting also passed resolutions protesting against the provisions of the mining act amendment, which, it was felt, encroached on the rights of owners of freehold land, and expressing the view that the certification of rams proposed by the Romney and Cornedale breed societies was a move which should be followed by other breed societies. Mr H. D. Acland was re-elected president, and Messrs J. S. Jessep and E. Hay were re-elected vice-president and treasurer respectively.