Criticism of act ‘rather late’

Press, 25 May 1977, Page 28

Criticism of act ‘rather late’

The concern of business- s men about the Matrimo- o nial Property Act was a welcome but rather late, e said the South Island k director of the Sheep and Cattlemen’s Association tl (Mr S. A. Taylor). 1 He was referring to a K Press Association report r in "The Press” of Monday, F headed, “Property in di- c vorce worries business- tl men.” It outlined Auck- tl land businessmen’s anxiety s about the act’s providing tl for the equal sharing of ii property, which could in- t elude business assets. a “As far as fanning is ii concerned, it is another of b those unfortunate occa- N

sions when the opinion of ordinary farmers would appear to differ from the executive view,” Mr Taylor said. “During the debate on the bill, the M.P. for New Lynn (Mr J. Hunt) quoted Ms Liz Richardson, who represented the Federated Farmers before a select committee, as saying that the bill was a little better than some of them had suspected it might be with their selfish narrow male interests. This sort of thinking and this sort of act spell disaster for farming and consequently for New Zealand’s economy,” Mr Taylor said.