NEED FOR MORE PRODUCTION

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24899, 12 June 1946, Page 5

NEED FOR MORE PRODUCTION

FAMINE COMMITTEE TO CO-OPERATE

WHEAT, OATS, AND BARLEY CROPS was considered O the n mnft S^ d Production Ha C v °U h ' r ’ St saTC n } t Famine Emergency Com Christchurch ing on discussions report ' officials to a meettae h adquarters Committees were now £ b hl - 5 CQmm )ttee co-operate with h be . ln J asked and other primary Dro^“? d Farmers ations in stimulathfo dUctl °? orBaniseffort fo? nex? season a ? lnten sified had been given that a assurance would be able l a ? ar vu>g world available aU the tiSe 6 S to rr b» der of cou P° na “lust confaciUtieswould en re™ aged ' but while nwS, re ™ a >n open for the committee £ood - the national » c ™Paigns ties Mr Hai «=b? n th e ™modithat the progress of er ?hn al i y / he felt be The Whea r t ed l i y .“decision, he the committee, said he could a positive guide that if farmers were no? oa s t and gr h^, Wheat they should sow bushel? d nf hJ i y ' Another 1.000.000 Miri ht tb?t to bre y er fes, Mr McPherson that was in the growers’ own d£?tart“ varieties® barley were

Mr A. E. Bartrum said he could not th Fee u’ 1 *!? th 6 authorities who pegged Pri ? e L If P roc *uction was wifhth/t 1111181 £ e . raised t 0 compete with the prices offering for other crops sold on a free market. . „ was agreed to co-operate in meetings held to urge increased production most members considering that prices and related matters were beyond the scope of the committee. It was reported that as soon as permission was obtained, an Army hut for the reception of coupons, fats, and gifts of food would be opened in Cathedral square. Boxes for the collection of coupons, provided by CORSO, will be taken ° v ® r by the committee, through the Red Cross Society. Dean Warren said one such box at the Cathedral produced nearly 8000 coupons in about a month. People, who would not w’ait m queues to have counons cancelled, found it convenient to deposit coupons at church, in shops, or other public buildings.