DAIRYING INTERESTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18353, 22 March 1934, Page 7

DAIRYING INTERESTS

DELEGATION TO ENGLAND NOT FAVORED OFFICIALLY (Special to the Herald.l WELLINGTON, this day. The Dairy Export Board will meet members of the Government to-day to discuss the proposal adopted at the recent conference of dairying interests, that a delegation should be sent to England to make friendly contact with farmers and discuss mutual problems in respect of price raising. It is not expected that there will be any definite arrangement at present as the plan does not appear to be favorably viewed, either m Govera mental or Dairy Board circles. Such a delegation would need to carry with it some definite plans for improvement of the industry and these have not been evolved. It is also thought that discussions with the British farmers would not bear fruitful results in view of New Zealand’s firm determination to maintain the volume of its dairy exports and risk the results in a highly competitive and over-supplied market. ‘ ■ What- may happen when the Ottawa agreement terminates 15 months hence is a matter giving concern, and if a delegation went from New Zealand it would need to include a member of the Cabinet as discussions would have to take place with British Ministers regarding the possibility of extending the agreeThe British Government’s recent subsidy decision covering the next two yeais indicates its settled policy for that period and suggests that the inclusion of a responsible member of the Government in any delegation which visited England at present would < not be likely to achieve any variation in policy or any commitment on the part of the British authorities regarding developments after August, 1935.