FRUITGROWERS DISSATISFIED
GRADING REGULATIONS CRITICISED
PAYMENT OF SUBSIDY
THIS SEASON
Although full agreement with certain amendments to grading regulations suggested by remits at a recent conference of the New Zealand Federation of Fruitgrowers was expressed by the Director of the Horticulture Division of the Department of Agriculture (Mr J. A. Campbell), those suggestions cannot be put into effect this season. Last evening the Canterbury Fruitgrowers’ Association discussed a letter from Mr Campbell, stating that though the department was in sympathy with the remits, no alteration to the existing fruit grading regulations was likely until a meeting was held of the committee set up to represent the industry and the departments concerned. The amendments were desirable, "but were not in operation until they had been embodied in the regulations. v Mr B. G. Turner, president, said that since the suggestions had been agreed to. growers preparing fruit for the local market had regarded them as adopted, and had received “blisters” from the department. He suggested that the letter be referred back to the director.
“We should have a fighting fund to combat these people,” said Mr J. Balch. “Now is the time to lake action. We are not satisfied with the way things are and we should not allow ourselves to bo told off like that.” He thought a levy on members of Is would allow the growers' case to be fought adequately. It was decided to refer the letter ‘back to the writer. That some of the season’s pay-out of subsidy would be made by the federation earlier than the Government payout was announced. Mr B. G. Turner said that while the Minister for Finance had said that no pay-out of subsidy would be made before the end of the’ season, ho understood that the federation would be, taking a loan to allow this to be done, and the interest would indirectly be taken from- the grower. It would be a farthing a case. Motions of sympathy with the relatives of Mrs A. C. Dyer and Mr T. Armstrong were passed. Mrs Dyer was the mother of the seex-etary (Mr C. H. Dyer)-, and Mr Armstrong was a member of long standing.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 16
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362FRUITGROWERS DISSATISFIED Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22508, 16 September 1938, Page 16
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