Agreement Pleases Meat Board Chairman

Chronicle (Levin), 31 July 1948, Page 5

Agreement Pleases Meat Board Chairman

CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. "Tlie board will be' negotiating with tlie Oovernment and Stabilisation Commission as to what increase should be paid out in the new meat schedule from- Oetober 1. I consider that the price increase agreed upon with' the United Kingdom Governnient, is very satisfaetory when all cireunistances are taken irito 'co'nsideration,' -said the ■hairman of the New Zealand Meat Board, Air. G. H. Grigg, on his return by air today from Great Britain where he represented New Zealand meat producers in negoti,ations ^betwmijn the New Zealand GovernmSnt and the British Arinistry of Food. "Producers generally will welc.ome tho, extension of the contract to 1955 as this means seeurity of market for all mr 'exportalile meat excepting pig meat, for the next seven years," said Mr. Grigg. "A new feature-in the contract is stability of price over a period — that is, that there can be no rise or fall in the price of more than 7-} per cent. in any one year. This I consider of great importance as it will enable tarmors to plan future production with confldence. In conjunction, the same agreement in the dairy industry should give a f'eeling of stability to the whole eommunity. "The Government, together with the meat industry 's representatives, have undertaken to make every endeavour to increase meat production by 50,000 ton§ by.1955. This is a big task and can only be d'w .f U • whole eommunity does its [— 1 - in eonfident that the sheep fari,. s wiR do their part ii given . the 'ary cooperation by others. If - -/case of 50,000 tont; of meat cai. 1 then at today 's ,'i"es t " - . j. approximatelv 15,000,000 in /,^w Zealand eurreney, which in tuni would allow more goodr to be imported and chereb'y help raisf our stgndard of liying," conclqded Mf Grigg.