MEAT PRODUCERS BOARD

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 11, 26 September 1944, Page 3

MEAT PRODUCERS BOARD

NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED

FAT STOCK DISPOSAL ORDER

At the first meeting of the New Zealand Meat Producers Board following the annual conference t delegates Mr David Allan ? the retir-* ing did not seek re-elec-tion. The meeting elected Mr G. H., Grigg of Hororata Canterbury, to be chairman for the ensuing twelve months, and Mr David Allan was J elected Deputy-Chairman of the Board. Remits passed at the annual meeting of delegates constituting the Electoral Committee were considered by the Board. These dealt with meat schedule prices, the Meat Pool Account and other important questions. There was. a full discussion of these matters. The Board's decisions will be conveyed to the dele,gates ? and appropriate action taken.

A very satisfactory report was received oil the shijiping position. It indicated that cool stores "will he completely cleared of export meat before the opening of the new season . A progress report was received from the. Prices Committee which was set up by the. Board to prepare a case in connection with the question of schedule prices for the 194445i season. The Board recently had a dispusKion with the Minister of Agriculture when it again advocated the, suspension of the Fat-stock Disposal Order which provides that a farmer is required to sell his export stock to the sarye person to Avhom his stock was. sold during the: previous season. The. Minister still has this matter under consideration.

The Board's representatives on the Veterinary Services Committee (Messrs. Alan Grant and J. R. Lloyd Hammond) sup})lie,d a report in regard to several matters which were discussed at the last meeting of that iommittec.

Census in 1945 The Government had under immediate consideration the. question as to whether a census would be taken next said the Minister in Charge of the Census and Statistics Department (Mr D. G. Sullivan) replying, in the House of Representatives to a question from Mr W. Sullivan Bay of Plenty) about a proposed census next year.. The Minister said that under section 36 of the Finance Act 1940 the census which should

normally have been taken in 1941 was postponed to a year not later than 1945. The difficulties and disadvantages. of taking a census under war conditions were considerable ? particularly as preparations for taking a census must be made long in advance of the actual date.