FEILDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 124, 27 May 1941, Page 2

FEILDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Roundabout Marketing VEGETABLES FOR WAIOURU •CAMP The Feilding Chamber of Commerce met last evening, Mr. H, S. Tate (president) presiding. The methods by which the Internal Marketing Department controlled the distrioution of foodstuffs to military ciun A m was mentioned in connection wu.ll a statement uiut vegcuttoics g.uvu ut Uuaicune were iruciteu. 10 uiuiuana ana tneu uac*v again 10 w mourn camp, memo era coum not understand luia cosuy metuoa of aupptyiug military camps. mr. T. F. Fitz Gerald: That’s the operation of the industrial efficiency ivir. P. P. Stevens said that he understood tnat the position arose xro*ui tue tact tnat tho marketing 01 certain produce was controlled uy auctioneering firms tnrougn wnose hands tue prouuce must lirst pass beiore it reacuoa tne consumer, xt did appear 'that vegetables grown at Uhakuuo were scut to Auckland aud tnen passed tnrougn tno controlling auctioneering firm oexore being sent to tne Wuiouru military camp. He agreed it was ail wrong. Mr. ii. Bimmouds said the same thing nnppcnod at Bulls, v egeiaioies grown there were first sent to Paimcrston Aorth and then returned to Ohakea Air station. It was agreed to request the Associated Chambers to take tne matter up. “We should have a urauou of the Marketing Department in Feilding,” said Mr. I'. G. Guy later in the meeting. • ‘ Why snould we nave to go to Palmerston -North for our fruit and vegetables. We are big enough to handle our own needs.’’ Mr. P. P. Btevens said that ho had made offorts to have the situation altered without result aud he doubted whether anything would come of any representations. The president (Mr. H. 8. Tate) confessed that he was not prepared to go for anything he knew nothing about.