MEAT SLAUGHTERING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17649, 9 December 1920, Page 6

MEAT SLAUGHTERING.

MR. HOLLAND'S ALLEGATIONS NECESSITY FOR COMMISSION. £BT TELEGBAFH. —PRESS association] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. During the last session of Parliament some statements regarding the condition of meat slaughtered x for home' consumption and export were made in the House of Representatives by the Leader of the Labour Party, Mr. H. E. Holland. The Minister for Agriculture, Hon. W. Nosworthy. stated to-day that he proposed after the New Year to ask the Cabinet to set up a Royal Commission for an investigation of these statements. Wide publicity had been eiven to the charges, both inside and outside New Zealand, and New Zealand's competitors in the meat market were seeking to take advantage of the statements that had been made byMr.. Holland. The Minister added that the reputation of New Zealand's meat was a matter of very great importance to the Dominion. He had no doubt at all that the system of control and inspection here was at least as good as anything of the kind in the world, and that the uniformly good quality and good condition of the meat sent abroad was proof of the efficacy, of the svstem. The Prime Minister and himself, however, were of opinion that since the charges had been made publicly they ought to be investigated fully in the interests of the producers and of the Dominion generally.