DAIRY COMPANIES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22586, 15 March 1948, Page 6

DAIRY COMPANIES

AMENDING LEGISLATION COMMITTEE TO REPORT ( p ; \.) WELLINGTON, March. 13 "The eiTecls of some aspects of the existing legislation in relation to co-operative dairy companies has been causing the dairy industry some concorn in recent years," said the Minis ter of Agriculture. Mr. E. L. Cullen. "Representatoins have been made to the Government on behalf of the industry bv the National Dairy Federation and 'the New Zealand Dairy Board and as a result the Government has set up a committee to investigate and report upon these aspects. The committee is as follows: Mr. H. A. Fov, director of the dairy division representing the Department of Agriculture, chairman: Mr. C. H. Courtney, secretary of the New Zealand Dairy Board; Mr. F. W. Groom, office solicitor to the New Zealand _ Co-operative Dairy Company, representing tiie dairy industry; and Mr. E. C- Adams, district land registrar, Wellington, representing the registrar of companies. The secretary of the committee is Mr. J. E. Marshall, Department of Agriculture. Matters which have been referred to the committee for investigation and report are:— 1. The necessity for amendments to the existing legislation in relation

to dry shareholding in dairy companies, and 2. The position regarding the articles of association with a view to providing more adequately for the modern operation and administration of dairy companies.

The committee will in the first instance receive written submissions from dairv companies and any persons interested in the matters under review.