THE COMMANDEER OP WOOL AND MEAT
; ■ A'lmeetinjr of the Levin branch of the ; Farmers' union was held in the Fores- !' ters' Hall, Levin, on Saturday, to hear ! an address by Mr. 15. Newman, M.P., ;> on the question of the commandeer of 1 wool. Mr. S. A. Broadbelt, chairman . of the branch, occupied the chair. 'The j follomng resolution was .passed: "That ! this meeting supports the scheme proposed by Mr. E. Newman, M.P., in the \ direction of handing over all surplus ' profits from the sale of wool comman- ; fleered by the Imperial Government to i a fund for the be'nefit of those sailors I of the British Navy and mercantile ; marine who have lost their lives or been ; wounded during the present war."
■ Regarding the meat commandeer, the i'meeting resolved: "That this meeting ! strongly urges that the commandeer- . ing of meat by the Imperial Governj ment should he extended, so na to be co- ; tenninous with the wool contract; that ; the Imperial Government should puri chase thoivhole of the frozen meat proj duced by. tie Dominion at cijrrent ; prices until one year after the end of ! the war."' , ".. ■'..'.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19180827.2.84.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 290, 27 August 1918, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
187THE COMMANDEER OP WOOL AND MEAT Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 290, 27 August 1918, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in