MARKETING OF HONEY
STATE CONTROL OPPOSED [BY TELEGRAPH—PKESS association] WANGANUI. Sunday Alarmed at the prospect of compulsory State marketing of honey, Wanganui beekeepers, representing !J0 per cent of the producers within a radius of 150 miles of the city, decided on Saturday night to inform the Ministers of Finance and Agriculture that they were strongly opposed to the socialisation of the industry
The meeting supported the compulsory grading of honey and the fixation of minimum prices for the respective grades by the Honey Export Control Hoard, as at present constituted. A resolution was also passed opposing centralised packing depots, " which mean loading the product with unnecessary freight and labour costß."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22850, 4 October 1937, Page 7
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110MARKETING OF HONEY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22850, 4 October 1937, Page 7
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