THE DAIRY BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 114, 16 May 1934, Page 16

THE DAIRY BOARD

ORDINARY POWERS CONTINUE

NATIONAL MATTERS DEALT WITH BY CABINET

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

CHRISTCHURCH; May 15,

Although the Government has taken over the powers previously exercised by the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board in negotiating with the British Government, the board still retains its ordinary powers and continues to function in the usual way, according to the Prime Minister in a statement he made tonight. ... Mr. Forbes referred to the recent announcement that the board intends to proceed with, the new marketing regulations, to. come into operation on August 1. Some doubt as to the board's intentions had. arisen in the export trade in view of the Government's assumption of responsibility for the dairy problem and the appointment of a Royal Commission. '

Mr. Forbes said that the Government had not abolished the powers of the Dairy Board except in negotiations with Britain. Previously the Government had accepted-the'views of the board in regard to such negotiations, but it had been decided that matters affecting the nation at large should'be dealt with by Cabinet. In the meantime the board's ordinary powers continued.

The Royal Commission would probably report on the control of dairying, and it might_ recommend amending legislation. Tie position of the board would then be reconsidered.