MEAT BOARD OPPOSED

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 137, 6 December 1929, Page 17

MEAT BOARD OPPOSED

STRONG CRITICISM

"MSEDINa UPON FAKMERS"

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

HAWEKA, sth ■December.

"The Meat Board is simply an octopus feeding upon the farmers. It colkcls a lot of money, bet duos little beyond a small amount of advertising.'' This statement was made by Mr. C. D. Dickie, chairman of the Patea Freezing Company, ana a member of the South Taranaki Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union, at a meeting of that body this morning. "The board is run by a few Canterbury sheep farmers, and the- Canterbury A. and P. Association," he added It has an office iv Wellington which serves little purpose beyond the issue of a few statistics that are valueless to the producers here, but which might posibly bo of some interest to Home buyers. The board is not in touch with meat producers' interests as is the Dairy Board with dairy farmers' matters, and its constitution seems only a good opportunity for a few to draw bic salaries and foes out of the £35,000 the board receives in levies." Mr. Dickie said the Meat Board had purchased a sito for cool stores in London in a useless position on the wrong £30,000 having been squandered upon ■ t Hi ere was an expensive office at Home which sent over a few cables contaimng information that could be obtained from-the blackboards at Smith: nc-ld markets any Friday. H o had made a study of the board's aetivitfes dnimg his recent trip Home, ana based his comments upon his observations? Air. Diekio moved: "That the execu is opposed to the formation of., Mea° -Boifrf the Hneß <* «>« The motion was carried unanimous*vl