PRODUCTION OF NECESSITIES

Press, Volume LXXV, Issue 22823, 23 September 1939, Page 8

PRODUCTION OF NECESSITIES

NEW ZEALAND’S PART

IN WAR

(FSIBB ASSOCIATION TSItSOKAU.)

AUCKLAND. September 22. , "Britain will require every pound of meat, dairy produce,, and wool that New Zealand can produce. All methods to increase the production of war. necessities must be ardently pursued, said the chairman of directors (Mr H. E, Worsp) at the annual meeting of the Auckland Farmers' Freezing comPB ‘vT great responsibility la on every New Zealander to spare no effort to assist the Mother Country in her time of acute need. . ' , “On the farm, in the factory, and on the wharf, and In all other directions there will be no room for the slacker. All work must be honourably and loyally carried on. Farmers must be supplied with' wiUlngjworkers, and there must be no laxlty of effort. The quickest turn-round must be given oversew vessels. The shortage of ships, delays from the convoy system, and the dislocation of food supplies from neutral countries make th “l in the company’s permanent staff there are men of the right calibre who are keen to serve the community to the very best of their ability." . , . Mr Worsp explained that during war the surplus of principal primary products above New Zealand s own requirements was to be purchased by the New Zealand Government for sale to the British Government at prices to be agreed upon by the two Governments. y _ : ■' ,