DAIRY MARKETING SCHEME

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 November 1933, Page 5

DAIRY MARKETING SCHEME

PRODUCE BOARD’S PROPOSALS

QUESTIONS IN PAHUAMENT

(By Telegraph—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Nov. 1. In the House of Representatives Mr C. A. Wilkinson (Ind., Elgmont) asked whether the Government was aAvare that- the Dairy Produce Board Avas proposing to adopt a policy of limiting by license the British firms engaged in the disposal of NeAV Zealand butter and cheese, and that the suggestion of such a policy had caused grave dissatisfaction among dairy farmers, who remembered the " losses they had l sustained when the previous attempt had been made to impose impossible conditions on those engaged in disposal .of the Dominion’s dairy produce. He also asked what action Avas being taken on this policy by the Government nominees on the Dairy Produce Board—if they Avere supporting this limitation policy were they reflecting the policy of the Government in the matter? "Would the Government cause the board to hold the proposed policy in abeyance until those who desired to maintain freedom to dispose of dairy produce had had an opportunity to further consider the subject, and if necessary make representations on the matter.

The Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes said the Government Avas aAvare of the board’s proposal, which Avas the outcome of representations made to the board by the New Zealand Dairy Produce Importers’ Association of the United Kingdom. These representations had included the suggestion that the board in consultation with the association should issue licenses to importers. The Government Avas also aware that some objections had been raised to the board’s proposal. The Government nominees on the board had acted in accordance with their personal judgment. The Minister of Agriculture had already arranged to look further into the matter, and the hoard Avas not likely to' take definite action until the Minister had adopted this course.

FACTORY OPPOSITION

INQUIRY BY MINISTER. A request that -steps be taken to withhold approval of the Dairy Board’s marketing proposals until such proposals have been submitted to the dairy companies throughout the Dominion was contained in a question Mr A. J. Murdoch (Co., Ma-rsden) asked the Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. C. H. Macmillan, in the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, states the “Dominion.” Mr Murdoch jiomted out that 68 factories representing approximately 30,000 tons of butter and 10,000 tons of cheese, had already expressed opposition to the assumption of arbitrary powers by the board. “These marketing proposals,” replied Mr Macmillan, “are definitely a matter for the Dairy Board, and I understand that the board intends to handle them very carefully and not attempt to act with undue haste. In view, however, of the representations which have been made of late regarding them I pronos© to take an early opportunity of looking into the question further.