PRIMARY PRODUCTION
(P.A.) AUCKLAND, January 26. "We are just where we were about 18 months or two years ago, and little if anything has been done as a result of this council's activities," declared Colonel N. P. Adams at a meeting of the Auckland District Council of Primary Production. He said he was disappointed with the progress made, and questioned whether any further meetings were necessary. The council had put forward many schemes without result. Farmers had reached the position when they realised that there was little they could expect to be done. The 40-hour week was still being continued and there were certain officials of trade unions and employees who were attempting to smash the efforts of the rank and file to get things under way. There had been suggestions that the Government be asked to declare farming an essential idndustry. He did not agree with that, and he believed that large numbers of farmers thought similarly.
It was futile to talk of production which might have to be piled up in stores.
The chairman, Mr. R. G. Clark, said he felt it would be wrong to abandon the meeting's, and the council' agreed to meet as usual in future.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19420127.2.68
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1942, Page 6
Word Count
201PRIMARY PRODUCTION Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 22, 27 January 1942, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in