LEVY ON WOOL
Resolution Passed By Poverty Bay Farmers By Telegraph—Press Aissociation. Gisborne, Alay 22. At a representative meeting of farmers called by the Farmers’ Union, the A. and P. Association, and tlie Sbeepowners Federation this afternoon to discuss Ihe wool levy, Hie following resolution wim passed and ordered to be sent, to the Prime .Minister ami tlie Aliuistcr of Agriculture: “That tills meeting approves of. a levy on wool for the purposes of advertisement and research up to a maximum of sixpence a bale, provided the committee is not tied to a definite proportion for each of (lie two purposes, but is empowered to allocate the amounts to each purpose which they deem necessary, ami further (1) that administration of tiie levy is under the control of a committee comprising a majority of wool producers; (2) that the portion of the fund allocated to scientific research m New Zealand should carry a definite annual subsidy from the general funds of the State; and (3) that farmers be given some voice in the selection of the larmer memliers of tlie committee.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 11
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181LEVY ON WOOL Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 202, 23 May 1936, Page 11
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