OTTAWA CONGRESS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11592, 18 March 1932, Page 5

OTTAWA CONGRESS

; N.Z. DAIRY INDUSTRY RE-

PRESENT ATI VE;

AIR GOODFELLOW A PPOINTED

delegate

(Press Association’)

WELLINGTON, -March 17. At: Ihe meeting of 'the Dairy Board • the chairman, Mr lorns, intimated .that lie had informed the Prime Min'itscr that.the Board was prepared to send at its own expense a representative of the dairy, industry to the Ottawa Conference in order to ho available to the official delegation, and render assistance to them in matters hearing upon the interests of the ' dairy inditstry. The Prime Minister had agreed that this was a good idea, but had stated that so far the official delegation had not been fixed, but when it was appointed a. further communication would pass.

Following on this communication Ihe Board considered the question of who should be appointed. By unanimous consent it was decided to ask AH William Goodfellow, managing director of Amalgamated .Dairies Ltd and the N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd., to hold him’self in readiness to attend the Ottawa Conference, to he associated, with the consent of the Governniont, with the official delegation dn behalf of (lie dairy industry. Afr lorns intimated that he himself could not contemplate going to Ottawa owing to private business, and said that he felt the interests of the industry were so important .at this epoch-making event that the very host brains of the industry should he available. After other lumbers had spoken in similar vein, the resolution appointing Air Goodfellow was carried unanimously.

ft was ■further agreed that contact ho made with the Australian Dairy Board prior to the Ottawa Conference, wi'th a view to united action in mutual interests.

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AtTXISTER EXPLAINS REASON

(Press Association)

WELLINGTON

Alarch 17

In the House of Representatives to-day. Air. Poison asked the Minister of Customs whether he would inform the House why nutinilaclliters organisations had been ciroiilui’i.sed by the Government in regard to the Ottawa Conference, wherea- the organisations representing primary industries had been eniirelv ignored. The. Hon. W. 1). Stewart replied that, the statement gazetted last week had shown clearly the reasons why it was necessary to make early inquiries from maiiiilaeturers, as their position was a different one. 'file Government- fully realised Ihe outstanding importance of the problem of the primary producers, which Wills receiving the most careful attention. A sub-committee <. 1 Cabinet would lie appointed to meet representatives of the Meal and Dairy Boards and others producers’ organisations in eonsultaiiini and would also meet representatives of the manufacturers, pointing out that, rtt the present time information regarding the position of individual manufacturers was confidential |o the Statistics Department, and that- in any raise the returns would not he in until June. Air. Stuart said the necessity had thus arisen lor a special eol lection of facts. This necessity did not arise in. connection with the primary producers, because of their organisation.