DAIRY EXPORTS

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 8

DAIRY EXPORTS

CONTROL MUST OPERATE.

Mr. T. C. Brash, Secretary of the Dairy Control Board, has made a statement to the effect that as the outcome of the conference held in AVellington last week "the Minister of Agriculture has been recommended fo amend lhn legislation for the cretin" r** <•'■•"' to allow of the Dominion being divided into wards ami the \... tion of the board i:i<.'invfiv out by the directorates of the dairjr companies or the proprietor u.ioiv .... factory is privately owned. It is almost certain that if the Govornment accede to the wish of tho conference in this direction the North Island will be divided into six wards, and the South Island into three wards on tho tonnage basis. That is to say, that as far as possible the six wards in the North Island would each represent approximately the same amount of butterfat, and the same would apply to the three wards in the South Island. "If the recommendations of tho conference are accepted by the Government, each dairy company or proprietor in the individual wards would vote according to its tonnage, with certain restrictions on the larger outputs. Whether or not the suggested amendments to the legislation for tho election of the board will necessitate a general election is a matter for the Government to decide. As tho present producers' members on the board arc almost evenly distributed throughout the Dominion, it is possible that legislation might pro" vide that they would each hold their scats in the wards in which thoy at present reside. There is nothing in connection with tho proposed legislation which will involve the postponement of absolute control."

At the Police Court, Pnliiatua, John William Reid, a labourer, of Ponga.roa, was fined £25 for selling "liquor, Pongaroa lining situated in the no-license i area of Masterton.—Prees .AuocMtion,