MANUFACTURERS WELL PLEASED

Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28888, 7 May 1959, Page 25

MANUFACTURERS WELL PLEASED

Statement On TV By Minister

(New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. May 6.

The New Zealand Radio and Television Manufacturers’ Federation today expressed pleasure at the statement on television by the Minister in charge of Broadcasting (Mr Boord).

The president. Mr Martin Kimble, said: “Two vital questions put to the Minister by the federation have now been answered.

First, the Government’s experiments will not extend to towns other than Auckland. This will remove from people in other districts the feeling that TV could be so close that they should defer the purchase of radiograms and radios. Throughout the country sales have been retarded throueh the speculation concerning TV tests and we are glad this point has been clarified.

“The availability of TV from IYA for engineering purposes will be helpful, though with its function in mind, daylight transmissions would have been more fruitful.

“Though it is obvious that 18 months or more will elapse before any regular service will operate, the Government should be congratulated on having taken the broad view of inviting outside opinions as a guide, while policies are being formulated. In this way all parties, and not the least the consumer, will be safeguarded.”

FOWL WHEAT QUALITY

Complaints From North Island

Complaints from North Island buyers of poultry feed wheat that they were paying the full price for wheat containing a large amount of rubbish and extraneous matter were discussed by Federated Farmers Dominion agricultural produce section council at its meeting in Christchurch yesterday. A letter from the North Taranaki provincial executive said that the quality of the feed was nowhere near as good as the Australian wheat which had been on sale in the last few years and was not obtainable.

In a letter to the provincial executive, the secretary of the council (Mr A. G. Dawson) said that the Australian wheat had been of milling grade and the New Zealand sample enclosed had been straight off the header and had not had sufficient blast. He suggested that buyers should shop around and resist buying inferior wheat. He had re-affirmed this in a subsequent letter when they had replied that they were disappointed in the “take it or leave it" attitude adopted by the council.

The chairman (Mr F. M. Henshaw) said that the New Zealand sample first referred to was weathered which had produced the discolouration but was not of bad quality but the Australian sample was one of the best lines he had seen of imported Australian milling wheat. It was not a fair comparison to make.

The meeting then went into committee. On resumption of open meeting the secretary’s actions were approved and he was directed to write a further letter to the North Taranaki executive explaining the council’s views.