MORE MEAT NEEDED

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 99, 17 December 1943, Page 5

MORE MEAT NEEDED

PRODUCERS BOARD'S

ACTIVITIES

"OPEN DOOR" POLICY AT

WORKS

At a recent meeting the N.Z. Meat Producers Board dealt with several matters connected with its campaign for the production of more weight of meat for the United Kingdom. It is enlisting the aid and co-operation of the various interests and organisations connected with th*e meat-export industry. The arrangements made should ensure a comprehensive coverage which will reach meat producers in every district throughout the Dominion.

Two of the most important aspects in regard to increasing meat production relate to manpower and fertiliser supplies. Strong representations have been made by the board to the Government on several occasions in regard to tlie manpower position. At its recent meeting the board discussed with Government representatives the position relating to fertiliser supplies which are urgently awaited, by iSiTHers in connexion with the planting of rape and other crops. The board has received an assurance that everything possible is being done to speed up supplies.

The Board gave consideration to the question of its "open-door" policy in relation to the Fat-stock Disposal Order. Since its inception the board has always insisted on the "open-door" to safeguard the interests of farmers, and it is just as emphatic today that there must be no variation in the facilities which enable any farmer to put stock into the works on owner's account, if he so desires. To ensure a closer contact between the Board and the National Pig Industry Council, it "has been arranged for a representative of the board to attend meetings of the executive of the council.

Further consideration was given to the provisions regarding the grading of meat for local consumption, as it affects the meat-export industry. The board had previously made representations to the Government urging that the regulations should not be introduced until after the termination of the war. It is convinced that if grading iqf meat for local consumption is continued, it is going to be detrimental to the campaign for increased production of meat for the United Kingdom, and it is therefore continuing its protests to the Government.

of Palestine is supplied with electricity. War-time restrictions prevented us fi'om entering the powerhouse. One particular place of interest on Degania was the aquarium, which had been recently built for breeding fish. Each settlement in this area participated in purchasing a service bus and thus a regular service was run between Tiberius and the outlying settlements.

For the first iof virtues in a people or an individual is loyalty to what they know and love.—John Buchan.