Office Of Agricultural Department Moved

Chronicle (Levin), 19 February 1948, Page 7

Office Of Agricultural Department Moved

Urrnuso it is considerefl tluit it wil1 cDitciMitiato tiu;; staff at tlie mosi roiiv Tiiient geijgniphicul point 111 tlv ilistriet, the Wellington district oflice oi 1 iii« DcpHit'iieiit of Agriculture has Leei movod f'rom Wellington to Palmersto: North. The cliange involves the trans ku- of 11 A-leric.nl officers ineluding tht distrii-t cliief clerk (Mr. F. Aiusworth), The Wellington otKce admini.sters u vvidespread district froin a liue runnuig hetween Gisborne and New Plymouti iu t.lie north. to Nelson and Marlborough in the.south. It is eonsidered that tht. transi'er of the Wellington stalf ti Palmerston North will facilitate tli •: work which the oflice does in eonnection with tlie aetivities of its field ottieers and of its oftiees in'tlie smaller centres.

There are 17 branch oftiees in the Wel ington district, an animal research tation at Manutuke (Gisborne), a oi ticult ural station at Levin, experi lental ar eas at Marton and Hastings, ix dairy produce 'grading ports, and a' [tiaiantine station at .Sonies Tsland. A'itliin the district area are 19 meat « orks and 18 abattoirs. Total clerical, ield and reseaqdi stalf for the Weiling' ton district is 350. For several vears the district fields and horticulture superiutendents liave been stationed at Palmerston North and the pidsent, inove now brings most- of the chief executive ofticers of the district together. Tlie . port and dairy mspectors and the veterinariau servniing the Wellington city and port area will reniain in Wellington.