DAIRY CONTROL BOARD

Hokitika Guardian, 5 February 1924, Page 3

DAIRY CONTROL BOARD

OFFICIAL STATEMENT.' WELLINGTON, Feb.' 3. The Dairy Control Board sat all day yesterday, and in the evening the chairman (Mr AY. Grounds) made the following statement. EM PI R E EXHIBITIOX. “The question of the British Empiic Exhibition came early before the board, it being a matter of urgency as the Exhibition will be opened, in a few months. “At the instigation of the National Dairy Association and the South island Dairy Association the question of paying a. levy lor this purpose vas .submitted to all factories nearly a yearago. when about 73 per cent, of tie factories agreed to ray. With ike pa-sing of tlm Control "Act the associations decided to defer action, thinking that as a national matter it should be dealt with by the Control Board on bei’alt e! the whole indie-1 ry. Spate a Hot men Is have been made including lei rigerated space in conjunction with lh< Meat Con 1 1 ol Board. Arrangements hale now been made to take tin -c in hand at once. The assistance "I a committee i- being soupdit in I.on!ion and it is hoped to arrange for a striking and artistic display representative oi the indusMy. The London commit lee are being asked for suggest'd!- and estimates for further displays to -upp'lciiieii! tilis central exhibit, and nr uiipomeUt , will be probably made to distribute I i torn tu i e in an interesting form dealing with the industry. If this decision could have been arrived early in the present season a small h vy would Imve been sufficient to have met l.l’e expense, but with the major

pinions of 1 lie .season’s production nlrcmly dispatched, it will i e necessniy lu assess a larger levy cm tile balame oi tile sea-oil’s output yet to lie export-

‘‘Many aspects of the -hipping qiietioi’. were discussed. and iiileiestiin ini orma t ion was laid In-tore the board These matters will be the subject o further df't.c'iis.siou wStli 'he Meal Board at an rally date.

“Committee's were set up to investij gttlr and decide upon the most efficient method of doing branches of (hi board's woi k. .MARK Id' IN G (,)!'FSTIO.NS. "Advertising, regularity of .supplies to the market-, the establishment o' inf. t'liiat imi bureaus, and other kindred subjects involved in sound control 'ere fully di.seu.xsed. It was unanimously agreed that finality cannot he readied until all a-perts of these questions have been fully discussed wit!i the British more hail tThe hoard lolly recognises the value to the New Zealand producer of the specialised organisations of these distributing houses mid hopes as a result of eunsultations to make wider use of them than has hitherto been possible. "Tlie board decided to send a deputation to Britain, the Continent, t’.S.A. nml Canada to investigate. The repot t oi this delegation will largely guide the tuiure policy of tile hoard. The pe;senue] of the deputation will probably be dee-lied at ns lcxt meeting."