COMPULSORY CONTROL

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 2310, 1 December 1925, Page 5

COMPULSORY CONTROL

CHAMBERS op commerce RESOLUTIONS. DUNEDIN CONFERENCE. At the Chambers of Commerce conference held at Dunedin last week, the following resolution was carried; — “That the conference views with misgiving the proposal to institute compulsory control and marketing of dairy produce from August 1, 1926, under the powers given by the Government to the Dairy Control Board. It is hoped that the powers given to the Dairy and Meat Control Board for compulsory marketing will bo repealed.”

Mr. J. B. Waters (Dunedin) also moved: “That the conference urge upon companies and others having money to lend to again consider favourably first mortgage investments on farm lands 1 ' and help farmers in the great difficulty experienced in arranging finance." The following resolution moved by Mr. P. B. Foote was lost: "That the Valuer-General bo asked to arrange for a revaluation of the whole of the rural land of New Zealand, with the object’of bringing land down to the present day values.” Mr. J. Gilkison (Invercargill) moved, and it was carried: “That the executive take the necessary steps to have representatives of importers and of exporters' of non-refrigerated cargo, associated with the Meat and Dairy Produce Boards when arranging annual contracts for the carriage of overseas goods to the United Kingdom.