WILD RUMOURS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20282, 17 April 1934, Page 14

WILD RUMOURS.

Will the Dairy Board be Superseded? BROWBEATING ALLEGED. WELLINGTON, April 17. 44 Many wild rumours are current at present and these are extremely disturbing to trade,” said a Wellington man prominent in the dairy trade to-day! “ One »is to the effect that Mr Coates intends superseding the Dairy Board with a commission of three, and even the names have been given. Such a revolutionary proposal would arouse the strongest antagonism in the industry, particularly if the producers did not approve of those selected. Surely in any case the dairy industry is entitled to the fullest possible information on these points. “Mr Forbes in his latest message has stated: ’1 don’t think it (the quota) is a remedy that can be applied now.' If that is really his view, why has Cabinet been browbeating the board on the question and why is Mr Coates still so ardent an advocate of restriction as I understand him to be?” “Further, the statement which the Prime Minister (Mr Forbes) is reported to have made at Christchurch to the effect that, so lar as he knew, quotas had not been mentioned when the Dairy Produce Board met Cabinet recently, is directly contrary to information I received from a Dairy Board member. “ I understand that, as was stated in the message from Auckland last week, the Dairy Board has agreed that if no alternative is available. It will very reluctantly have to accept restrictions, but my information was to the effect that this resolution was carried only after the strongest possible pressure had been put upon the board by Cabinet at two successive meetings.”