Wool Commission

Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31461, 30 August 1967, Page 14

Wool Commission

Sir,—During the last few months much has been said and written about the Wool Commission. Could you-tell me the names, salaries, and expenses at the members of this organisation, and who pays them for their services? I would also be most interexperience eecn jnenwer nit of the citastrtphie yeirs, 1929-34. Are we soon to have ! knother mortgagors and les- ■ selltSHoul smartly. August 20, 1967. [The chairman of the New . Zealand Wool Commission ' (Mr E. L. Greensmith) re.plies: "Appropriate details j about the Wool Commission’s r membership are contained in 5 the commission's annual report to Parliament. Several s members had full practical . experience of the depression 1 years around 1930.”] ; [The members of the Wool ; Commission, appointed by the - Governor-General on the rei commendation of the Minis- ! ter of Agriculture, are: Mr E. ; L. Greensmith, nominated by the Wool Board, who Is chairs man; Messrs G. A. Duncan and - G. C. Trotter, appointed in r consultation with the Wool r Board; Messrs J. Acland, Li P. Chapman tnd R. A. Edges combe, appointed by the Wool . Board as woolgrowers* repre- > tentative* on the board; Mr > G. N. Francis, associate member appointed on the joint

nomination of the Wool Brokers’ Association and the Wool Board. The commission’s annual report for the year ended June 30, 1966, gives members* honoraria and travelling expenses as £5277.]