MR. HOLLAND’S CHARGES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 16913, 9 December 1920, Page 4

MR. HOLLAND’S CHARGES.

ABOUT MEAT SLAUGHTERING. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON. Dec. 8. During last session of Parliament some rather sensational statements regarding tho condition of meat slaughtered for home consumption and export were made in tho House of Representatives by the loader of the Labour - Party (Mr. Holland). The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. Nosworthy) told a reporter today that he proposed after the New Year to ask Cabinet to set up a Royal Commission for tho investigation of those statements. Wide publicity had been given to the charges, both inside and outside New Zealand, and New Zealand’s competitors in the meat market were seeking to take advantage of the statements that had been made by Mr. Holland. The Minister added that the reputation of Now Zealand’s meat was a matter of very great importance to the Dominion. He had no doubt at all that tho system of control and inspection her© was at least as good as anything of the, kind in tho world, and that the uniformly good quality and good condition of tho meat sent abroad was proof of the efficacy of the system, but the Prime Minister and ho himself were of opinion that since the charges had been made publicly they ought to be investigated fully in the interests of the producers and of the Dominion generally.