IS THE MEAT BOARD NEEDED?
+ ■ "On the whole, it is open to question •i [Whether the New Zealand Meat Board, as '~ at present constituted, warrants the cost i tfi. its existence," ■ remarks' the "Pastoral }; Tleview," Sydney. "In certain quarters ■ its activities arc looked upon as Government interference with private trading, ' the journal continues. "It has to' main- : tain a large staff in New Zealand and ! liondon, and to meet its administration 5' and other expenses it imposed a levy ot i me penny per carcase, which was only 'reduced last year fo'34d after having built ' lip a reserve fund of something like ; i£6o 000J Its annual income, mostly from : the levy, is not far short of £40,000j-a '■''-Jarge sum to pay by the producers for !. the comparatively few ■ benefits received fryer and above what would have been ' possible without the board's .assistance.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 121, 25 May 1933, Page 14
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142IS THE MEAT BOARD NEEDED? Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 121, 25 May 1933, Page 14
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