MEETING OF DAIRY COMPANIES

Putaruru Press, Volume V, Issue 177, 24 March 1927, Page 6

MEETING OF DAIRY COMPANIES

WHO OPPOSE CONTROL. Resignation of Chairman and j Manager Sought. At a meeting on Friday of delegates of the small dairy companies of the Auckland district, over which ; Mr. J. E. Leeson, chairman of the I Morrinsville Dairy Co., presided, the following series of resolutions were passed:— (1) That this conference believes the first essential in marketing New , Zealand dairy produce is the maintenance of confidence and goodwill in our chief market, and that the extreme policy followed by the Dairy Produce Control Board is directly responsible for the loss of goodwill, and also for the heavy financial loss now facing the industry. (2) That as the chairman of the Control Board and the London manager are now called upon to carry out a policy to which they are personally opposed, they should be asked to ten- , der their resignations. i (3) That this conference reaffirms protests previously made against the enforcement of the compulsory provisions of the Dairy Produce Control Act, and denies the right of any body of men to take possession of our property by force in order to embark upon a hazardous venture which has no precedent in' any part of the ■world; further, that a demand he made upon the Dairy Produce Board to refrain from exercising the compulsory clauses of the Act until next session, the New Zealand Board in The meantime to supervise the marketing of our produce on the lines of the Australian Board.

<- '{4) That a Dominion conference of dairy companies be convened immediately at Palmerston North to decide upon further action to give effect to the above resolution.

At the conclusion of the meeting the following resolution was carried: “ That this conference deprecates the attitude of the Farmers’ Union, a minority body, in supporting the mistaken policy of the Dairy Control Board, whose compulsory interference in connection with the marketing of dairy produce has precipitated the present grave crisis and seriously j jeopardised the welfare of this Do- i minion.”