TAINTED EGGS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 3 April 1926, Page 7

TAINTED EGGS

A STARTLING INDICTMENT BY SOUTH AFRICAN COMM 1.-, SI ON ißv -Electric Tele-Ciaph- < V./iy riijlit I Auanilian ,V N.Z. Uable Abhociiuioii.i CAPHTOWX, April I. Tlii- flovernment commission appoint c-d to enquire into the cause ol tainting of eggs exported from Smith Africa, in voicing a loss of £BO.COO. issued a stunting indictment ol the Imperial Cold Storage, and Shipping Company as mainly responsible, am! states t tint the board* of the company refused to allow certain of its officers to give evidence on legal advice as certain claims were preferred against them for damages. The company thus disobeyed the Governor l.ieiiernl s direction to assist ilio commission. 'The (‘<<mmission reco-mini-ri Is that all the company's contracts with the l iiion (lovcnimcnt be S'.bp'ct to a detailed review by the (Jovernment s legal advisers for rescission, or cancellation where possible; and in view ol Hie company's t out lunacy, recommends that tilts attention of Mis Majesty's Govermnent lie drawn to the eon,pony s Bucbanalaod concession for the purpose of review/ It recommends legal proceedings against the chairman of the company and two branch managers; dr nounces the Imperial company inter alia tor excessive charges; declares that it bad developed into a public menace and the eggs became tainted owing to being stored in the vicinity of chambers full of decomposing fruit.