IMPORTANT TASK

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 243, 11 September 1934, Page 7

IMPORTANT TASK

DAIRYING LEGISLATION. WHAT GOVERNMENT MAY DO. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Sept. 11. The most important week-end task of Cabinet has been consideration of the forthcoming legislation relating to the dairy industry. In one respect the Budget has substantially anticipated one measure for rehabilitating the industry, this being on the financial side by the establishing of a National Mortgage Corporation to facilitate the provision of cheaper money for producers.

It is confidently expected that Cabinet, reinforced by the recommendations not only of the Royal Commission on the Dairying Industry but by the discussions of representatives of the industry some months ago, will provide in its Bill for substantial modification of the present constitution of the Dairy Export Control Board. It is considered necessary to widely extend the board’s powers, as there is the necessity to impose further measures of control on the dairy producers in order to ensure a higher quality standard, particularly in respect to cheese. Measures for improved marketing witliing the Dominion also also likely to come within the scope of the reorganised board, and as the Government has clearly indicated its intention to take a large measure of responsibility for improvement of the industry it will be necessary to give it more representation on the Dairy Board. The present constitution is: Six elected representatives of the North Island producers and two oi the South Island producers; one representative of the merchants and proprietary interests; and two Government nominees. It is in the last-named respect that the most important alteration is to be made, accompanied by greatly extended powers for the reconstituted board.