MEAT RATIONING
STATE MOVE HINTED
FARMERS CONCERNED CONTROL OF AUCTIONS (P.A.) WELLINGTON. .July 16 The possibility of meat rationing inter in the year was .suggested at the Dominion conference of the Farmers' Union, which expressed strong opposition to any Government interference with stock auction sales. Mr. R. R. Bieda, of North Auckland, said that due to drought conditions in certain North Island districts large numbers of store cattle had been killed. The supply of store cattle for fattening was going to be n very serious matter in the coming spring. Military requirements would draw heavily on the available supplies. Though Ihe Marketing Depavtmen! was not openly considering it, there was ground for believing that similar action would be taken in the meat industry to that in the pig industry. That meant that the farmers would have to -put all their killings into ihe works aitd the Government would lake control and ration them out. it looked as if there would have to be rationing of beef, but it should start at the killing point, and leave the sales free.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19430716.2.62
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21148, 16 July 1943, Page 4
Word Count
179MEAT RATIONING Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21148, 16 July 1943, Page 4
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in