NEW ZEALAND LEADERS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14236, 2 March 1917, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND LEADERS.

ENTERTAINED BY BUTCHERS' I GUILD. ! __,__ i .Australian and N.Z. Canlo Association.) I LONDON, February 28. ! The Butchers' T.'uild gave a 'luncheon to Mr Massey, Sir Joseph Ward and Sir Thomas Mackenzie. Mr Massey said tlie New Zealand Government had paid £14,000,000 on behalf of the British Government for meat purchased. He referred' to the Argentine, which wa ; « still able to sell meat under no control, while meat from inside the Empire was sold subject to the Imperial Government's control. Moro satisfactory arrangements had now been made Which would last until the conclusion of the war. While New Zealand producers were entitled to a fair price, it • was not iutended to take advantage of the war to secure extreme, rates. New Zealand was well able to increase its' output m a few years ifrit were properly encouraged. The Empire's policy should be to produde supplies) within its own boundaries. I The Lord Mayor paid a tribute to Sir ! Joseph Ward's efforts m the war loan '■ campaign. , > Sir Joseph Ward, referring to the splendid results, said he was satisfied that if the country kept clear of pai^v politics, it was r bound _tt>. emerge victorious. . „. -