NEW CHAIRMAN FOR WOOL COMMISSION

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30082, 16 March 1963, Page 10

NEW CHAIRMAN FOR WOOL COMMISSION

(New Zcahina Press Association)

, INVERCARGILL, March 15. Mr N. R. Jameson, of Havelock North, te to be the new chairman of the New Zealand Wool Commission, the Minister of Agriculture IMr Tallboys) announced today. ■*' The new manager of the commission will be Mr J. G. s McDonald, who has been its ‘.•secretary since the commisaion was established in 1952 -Mr G J Anderson will re-

«nam in cnan e ot the cotn--<plete appraisal activity ot the commission, and Mr H. L. M. ' Fierse will be assistant secxetary. •<? Previously the position of L chairmen and manager has -■been a joint one. » Mr Jameson was president of the Fanners Union • 4 Hawke’s Boy) from 1941 to

1945. th- original growers representative on the Wool Board from its formation m 1945 and the first chairman of the board, a position be held until 1953. He was deputy-chairman of the New Zealand Wool Disposal Commission from 1945 to 1953 and played a prominent part in discussions in London kt 1945. which led to the setting up of a joint committee to dispose of the wartime accumulation of New Zealand, South African and Australian wool. In 1950 and 1951, Mr Jameson took part in negotiations m London and Melbourne designed to initiate a joint floor price scheme for New Zealand. Australia and South Africa. When this did not eventuate, Mr Jameson, on behalf at the woolgrowers, negotiated with the Government to establish the New Zealand floor price scheme and the Wool Commission to administer if.