PRICE COMMITTEE.
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Ju'.y 15. A motion that si tribunal presided over by a Supreme Court Judge, holding office for eight or ten years, should compute the price of dairy produce ivas carried by the conference of the Farmers’ Union to-night. It is proposed that the tribunal l>e appointed bv a committee consisting of equal numbers of members nominated by the dairy industry and the Government, that the price should be determined on the evidence accepted by the Government and that, the proceedings and findings of the tribunal lie treated as those of the Arbitration Court are. “It is most unfair that the Government, who are the sole buyers of produce, should nominate the committee who are even to advise it.” said Mr D. B. Higgins (Auckland), who moved the motion. “The committee, while they may claim to bo farmers, are not representatives of the farmers. We did not elect them and have no say at .all. We feel in future we should have a right to elect an equal numl>er of members. We do not mind who the Government elect so long as we have that right. Even if we get a compensated price we shall have to have a committee.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 193, 16 July 1937, Page 2
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205PRICE COMMITTEE. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 193, 16 July 1937, Page 2
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