WHEAT INSTITUTE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23916, 7 April 1943, Page 2

WHEAT INSTITUTE

THIRD FIVE-YEAR TERM The third five-year period of the act under which the Wheat Institute operates is due to expire at the end of this year, and the Wheat Research Committee decided yesterday to ask for the re-enactment of the act. Both the Master Bakers’ Association and the Grain Merchants’ Association have already favoured the continuation of the institute and the decisions of the United Wheatgrowers’, Ltd., and the Flourmillers’ Society have yet to be reached.

A suggestion that the act should be made permanent was made by Mr W. W. Mulholland, who said the work of the institute was likely to suffer if at any time the continuation of the in. stitute appeared to be uncertain. Mr F. R. Callaghan said the suggestion would probably find favour with the Minister. The five-year period, however, allowed the contributing Interests to consider the value of the institute.

After a general discussion, the chair, man (Mr R. J. Lyon) said he had come to the conclusion that it would be better to leave the act as it was at present, as the staffing and amount of levies could be reviewed from time to time.

“Perhaps you don’t know as much about politics as some of us,” said Mr Mulholland, “if three or four make a row, there is a danger that the act will not be re-enacted." A proposal that a request be made that the act be made permanent was defeated on the casting vote of the chairman. NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS OUTSTANDING RESULTS LAST WEEK (P.S.S.) WELLINGTON. April 6. Outstanding success marked (he national war savings quota operations for the first week of the new financial year, 143 places, including 16 of the 18 provincial centres, having attained their quotas. Although the number of successes is the highest recorded for several months, this is not the only gratifying feature. The 15 postal districts attained their full district quotas, sufficient surpluses having been recorded at some places to offset the deficiencies at others. At Darfleld, for example, where the weekly quota is £39. the sum raised last tfeek was no less than £2037, which is £9 in excess of its annual quota.

Another notable feature of- the week’s operations was the attainment of the weekly quotas in the Auckland and Christchurch metropolitan areas, where for some months the investments had fallen short of the piescribed amounts. At Christchurch, where the weekly quota is £7450, the results were exceptional, investments for the week having exceeded £40,000.