DOMINIONS FUTURE LINKED WITH BRITAIN

Chronicle (Levin), 31 August 1946, Page 3

DOMINIONS FUTURE LINKED WITH BRITAIN

— — - -Fress Aasociation

By Telegrapli,-

" The future weiiure or uujs uoiuiuiu.i i.s so cioseiy Juuvea vvu.ii mai ua. iu. Lhiited lviiigdoui, Luat every gesiure vn cuu make 10 lieip iter oui ux Lue Uiiii cuit positioii in uluch siie aovv Jiiiu.iierseli, is au avlditional guaranlee o. our seourily and, uiUeoU, oi our nation ai vvelt'ure/' said Atr. U. ii. Urigg, ehairxnan ot' .lhe New Zealand Moa,. Produeers ' hoard, in Iuh add ross at tiu ;\niiual ineeting loday. Mr. Clrigg said tJuit in rec.ent nego tiations ior increasi'd prnres and an exteution of buik pur.cliase eoniruels, the JJoininiou "s ra.se lor "lncreased moa. prices was bused ou lyrreased eo.-ils o. production in New Zealand, and no advunlage had beeu laken of tlie

preoout sollers ' luartvol to oblaiu sliii i'urthdr inereasos — a gesture whieii should still i'urther cemeut good reialations and iesaeu dihiculties in the :future when the positiou reverted, as :t ultiniatoly vvoutd, to a buvers ' rnarket. The future of the Uoniiniou 's meal export trade depended 011 -the niaintenanr.c of quality " and suppJ ving tluciass of meal eousumers required, Mr. Grigg eoiitiuued, and the future deznand would be, as iu the past, for high (piaiity Iightweight rarrases. Mr. W. W. Muiholland, another delcgate to - the luternational FarnU'rs ' Couference, said tlie outlook of the ordinary man in the street was "food lias been .suceessfully eommunised, ' ' lie said. And it was fair to say tliat the view of the man in the street was that marketing sliouid be done througii Oovornment buJk pureliase -and under (iovern ment eontrol. "Jt would be some time before we get away from that system," he added. An appeal to farmers to produee to ' the utmost to rolieve tlie present world food sliortage, was made by Mr. (J. IL. Grigg. "I appreeiate the sense of injustiee under which you labour when price increases granted don 't uieet your approval, " he said, " but in tho e'ause of humanity you must overlook this. I am sure ray appeal to produce to the utmost to alleviate the long drawn-ou! suffering of our kinsfolk overseas. won 't fall on deaf ears.