DAIRY MARKETING

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18235, 2 November 1933, Page 3

DAIRY MARKETING

IMPORT LICENSE PLAN QUESTION IN THE HOUSE FUETHER INVESTIGATION (Pur Press Association.) WELLINGTON; last night; Mr. C. A. Wilkinson (Ind., Egmont.), in tho House of Representatives, asked whether the Government was aware that the Dairy Produce Board was proposing to adopt the policy of limiting by license the British firms engaged in the, disposal of New Zealand butter and cheese; and that the suggestion of such a policy had caused grave dissatisfaction among dairy: farmers, who remembered the losses they had sustained when ;r previous attempt had been made to impose impossible conditions on those engaged in the disposal of the Dominion’s dairy produce. He also asked what action was being taken on this policy by the Government nominees On the Dairy Produce Board — if they were supporting this lifnitation policy, wore they” reflecting the policy of the Government in the matter? Would the Government cause the board to hold the proposed policy in abeyance until those who-desired to maintain freedom to dispose of dairy produce had had an opportunity to further consider the subject, and, if necessary, make representations on the matter. The Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes said the Government was aware of the board’s proposal, which was the outcome of representations made to the hoard by the New Zealand Dairv Produce Importers’ Association of the United Kingdom. These representations had included a suggestion that the hoard, in consultation with the association, should issue licenses to importers. The Gdvernment was also aware that some objections had been raised to the hoard’s proposal. The Government nominees on the board had acted in accordance with their personal judgment. The Minister of Agriculture had already arranged to look further into the matter, and the board was not likely to take definite action until the Minister had adopted this course.