DAIRY COUNCIL

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 6 December 1929, Page 5

DAIRY COUNCIL

FIRST MEETING HELD SYSTEM OF SELLING FLOORS AN OUTLINE OF POLIC YGIVEN WELLINGTON, Dec. 5. The first meeting of the New Zealand Dairy Council was held to-day, 47 companies being represented. Mr Dynes Pulton, chairman of directors of Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd., presided. There were also present Mr W .Goodfellow and Messrs W; Grounds. J. B. Corrigan and J. Dunlop,. members of the Dairy Board, and the chairmen of 47 buttor and cheese-producing companies from all parts of the Dominion, whose produce is being handled by Amalgamated Dairies, Ltd. The total quantity of produce represented by the gathering, was valued at £6,500,000 sterling. The' tonnage of the produce amounted to: BUtter 31,000 tons, cheese 11,000 tons. : The M&jqt, Mr G. Troup, extended a cordial welcome to the Conference and ! wished it success in its deliberations. Mr W Goodfellow said Amalgamated Dairies wduld continue its policy of cooperating with Tooley Street agents on exactly the same system as hitherto and would progressively open selling floors 'throughout the United Kingdom. These , floors would receive small consignments ' direct from New Zealand and would receive supplementary support from London stocks. The main objective of orderly marketing was to endeavour to lift the price level to the highest possible aVuage figure. They had no intention of endeavouring to try to extract from the market an artificial price. That was impossible. They.could only endeavour to get the maximum price by close organisation and eliminating unnecessary profits between the price paid by the retailer and the price paid to the producer. The second main objective, Mr Goodfellow pointed put, was to co-ord-inate the marketing of Empire produce. In the election of directors to represent the North Island on the board of Amalgamated Dairies, Messrs W. Grounds and J. G. Brechin were elected. To represent the South Island Mr J. Fisher was elected by 11 votes to 9 for Mr C T. McCallum •It was unanimously resolved "that -this Dairy Conference supports and encourages the gradual development of the, principle of free trade within the Empire." "That the Government be asked to prohibit the export of cheese if waxed prior to 14 days after manufacture." "That the Government be requested to abolish the appointment of their nominees to the Dairy Control Board;" *' ■'' '■ *W lil It was also resolved that the Government be asked to remove the proprietary nominee from the Dairy Control Board.