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AUCKLAND DISTRICT COUNCIL COMPLAINT BY MEMBER (P.A.) AUCKLAND, Jan. 26. “We are just where we were about 18 months or two years ago, and little if anything has been done as a result of this council’s activities.” declared Colonel N. P. Adams at. a meeting of the Auckland District Council of Primary Production. He was disappointed. he said, with the progress made, and questioned whether any further meetings were necessary. The >■ council had put forward many schemes without result. The farmers. Colonel Adams added, had reached the position when they realised that there was little they could expect to be done. The 40-hour week was still being continued, and there were certain officials of trade unions and employees who were attempting to smash the efforts of the rank and file to get things under way. There had been suggestions that the Government should be asked to declare farming an essential industry. He did not agree with that, and he believed that large numbers of farmers thought similarly. It was futile to talk of production, which might have to be piled up in stores. The chairman. Mr R. C. Clark, said he felt it would be wrong to abandon, the meetings, and the council agreed to meet as usual in the future.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24825, 27 January 1942, Page 4
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