SEED TESTING STATION
, DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSFER WFHLIXHTOX. June (i. Tlie })raetieal diftieulties iu the way of the trausfer of the (Jovenunent seed testing station from I'alnierston Xorth to the South Islarnl, were poiuted out by the .Minister of Agriculture, Hihi. H. Roberts. in replying to ti ilejmtatioii of South Islarnl Labour .Members of Parli.unent wliieli urged upon hiin today Ihe advanttiges of luiving the station in the South Islarnl. The Minister explained il was neeessaty to keep the station at Palmerston j Xorth at present so that the eontimiit\ of testing work done at ihe station irouhl be inainttiineil. He also referred to the difiieulty of retaining the trained stall, that woubl arise if the station were shifted, for present workers at tlie station liad their honies in Palmerston Xorth. The .provisiou of buildings for ja station elsewhere would also present a problem. Pnder present eireumstanees there was no prospect of shifting the station from Palmerston Xorth.
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Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1946, Page 5
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157SEED TESTING STATION Chronicle (Levin), 7 June 1946, Page 5
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