WHY FOXTON ONLY?

Chronicle (Levin), 19 August 1949, Page 5

WHY FOXTON ONLY?

Press Association)

State Houses For Factory Employees Discussed

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WELLINGTON, August 19. The New Zealand Dairy Board conference today rejeeted a Woodville remit urgmg the Govfernment to make provision for importing che greatest practicable number of cars and trucks from Canada. The decision followed a statement by a delegate that it would be detrimental 4;o New Zealand to ask for trucks from dollar areas when they could be obtained from Britain. The conference unanimously decided to call on the Government to implement its promise to give priority to the building of State houses for dairy factory employees. Pointing out the necessity of providing houses for these workers, one delegate said hi failed to see why the Government could not assist the industry in this manner, particularly when it was building houses all over New Zealand, probably with the dairy industry's money. Another charge made against the Government was that while it had stated, it did not want to follow its policy of erecting houses for one particular industry the Government had built State houses for the textile industry at Foxton. Delegates asked why the dairy industry could not be treated similarly. A motion was carried amending representation at the Dominion conference, to conform with the newly established constitution of the dairy board with seven wards instead of the previous four. Future representations will consist of nine delegates from jsach ward except that the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company which constitutes of a double ward, will retain'its present 15 delegates instead of the number being increased to 18 thus preserving the present total number of delegates at 60.