PIG-MARKETING

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 177, 29 July 1942, Page 6

PIG-MARKETING

DELEGATES MEET

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Two hundred delegates from all parts of New Zealand assembled at the Chamber of Commerce Hall this morning for the annual conference of the New Zealand Co-operative Pig Marketing Association, Limited, and a number of remits were discussed. The chairman of directors, Mr. W. A. Phillips, presided.

In welcoming the delegates, the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, said that not many conferences were being held, and in some cases perhaps that did not matter very much, but it was always important for men in industry to get together. It was interesting to know . that the delegates were from the North Cape to the Bluff. He was always pleased to see an industry establish its headquarters in Auckland. There had been a turnover of £560,000 last year, and £340,000 from the subsidiaries, and a total of £900,000 was no mean sum. The time was not far distant when the industry would rank even higher, and the fact that it had 10,000 farmer shareholders indicated its importance. Go Forward Together Speaking of the value of conferences, Mr. Allum said that at no time had it been more necessary to get together than to-day. There could be no thought of conflict between country and town interests, all had to go forward together, and there must be a lot of give and take. A great upheaval was taking place, and for an industry to succeed there must be the utmost co-operation between units. The days of cut-throat competition were long past. They must go forward together until the war was won to establish better conditions for the people as a whole. Mr. Allum said that courage to do right was the keynote of to-day, and they should back up their leaders, who did what was right. Goodwill and Understanding Mr. Phillips read a letter of apology from the Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, Mr. Barclay, who was unable to be present In addressing the delegates, the chairman said that the association was built up in a spirit of friendsnip, goodwill and understanding to promote the interests of their own organisation, and the interests of cooperative enterprises in general. They were now in the shadow of the greatest conflict ever known, and while that claimed first attention, it v L tal ,i n econoi nic welfare that dnft into a state of apathy or carelessness in their own affans. Their unstinted best had ™riM lVen t0 th £ organisation, and PeiSKL thi° ess had been achieved, remaps the coming year would be the most difficult in their exneriwith 1 thßy s} ? ou,d fac e the future others ThT^ Uon ' an 2 not re| y on otners. The stronger they were the S prospects of succesl 'they would have and they would be better served by serving others best.