DAIRY EXPORT CONTROL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4624, 12 November 1923, Page 1

DAIRY EXPORT CONTROL.

SELECTION OF TICKET. PERSONNEL OF PROPOSED BOARD. Keen interest was taken in the question of the proposed personnel of the Dairy Produce Export Control Board, at a meeting of suppliers’ committees of the N Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd-, held last Tuesday in the Toorak Chambers, Hamilton. Mr W. Claud Motion, chairman of directors, presided over a representative attendance of 60 farmers. Mr Motion outlined the procedure which had been adopted by the Dairy Council in selecting the ticket to be nominated for election as representatives of the North Island on (he Dairy Produce Export Control Board. The dairy council was a representative body that had been elected by a very full conference of dairy farm representatives some 18 months ago, and it considered it was the right body to give a lead to the dairy farmers of the country as to the best men to appoint upon the Board. Representatives of the Farmers’ Union and the Dairy Farmers’ Union were invited to be present, in consideration of the activity they had taken in promoting the measure. It had first of all been agreed that whoever was elected would receive the loyal support of all members of the Dairy Council, because only in that, way could unity be secured. The representatives of the Dairy Farmers’ Union had asked that they be allowed to nominate two men exclusively on the Board, but the Council could not see its way to give them that exclusive right without doing the same thing to the Farmers’ Union, which would leave four, of the six seats disposed of without the Dairy Council having any ,say in the matter. The Dairy Farmers’ Union was 'quite at, liberty at the conference to nominate its two men just as others were nominated, and would then have had to be subject to the selection of the Dairy Council. The Dairy Farmers’ Union, however, had not done that, although if this had been done there was a possibility that the men nominated by that union may have been lected as representatives by the .Dairy Council itself. The Dairy Council in selecting the ticket gave full weight to provincial distribution, as it was considered thar this was in the best interests of the industry. An independent nomination might result in the whole half-dozen men being returned from one part of the island, which would not be in the best interests of the industry. Consequently the decision of the Dairy Council to nominate a ticket, and request all dairy farmers who were keen for the success of the Dairy Produce Export Control Board tp support it,, was in the best interests of the industry as a whole. Every dairy farmer would be required to vote for six men in order to make his vote valid, and the distribution proposed by the Dairy Council was the best. Opponents of the measure already were trying to create difficulties by spreading false statements. It had been stated in the Press that the men nominated had interests in the Meat Board pr had seats on the Meat Board. That was quite false, and he coLid give them a definite assurance that none were on the Meat Board oi had anything to do with the Meat Board. Those nominated were : Messrs W. Grounds, North Auckland; W. Goodfellow, Waikato; K. Dalrymple, Bulls; W. Iprns, Masterton; H l . D. Forsythe, Taranaki, and himself, Mr Dalrymple had been chairman of the Rangatikei Dairy Compahy for several years. Mr lorns was chairman of directors of the Otaraia Dairy Company, and Mr H. D. Forsythe was chairman of directors of the Eltham Dairy Company. They were all closely associated with the dairy industry, and had no connection with the Meat Board. There would probably be other nominees by those who were opposed to the Board or wished to see it divided, but producers would realise that the whole success of the measure rested upon the personnel elected. Personally he thought the prospects for the producer in the near future were very bright, and he thought those elected to the Board, if they did their duty honestly and wisely, could do a great deal for the whole industry. Voting papers would be distributed by the Government and full instructions given. Nominations would close on November 22, and the poll would close on December 13, at noon. Mr A. J. Sinclair paid a tribute to the actions of .Mr Mervyn Wells, of Cambridge, and Mr A, E, Harding, North Auckland, in nominating Messrs Motion, Goodfellow, and Grounds for election to the Board. There were naturally a number, of aspirants for the positions, and he thought these gentlemen should be thanked for their services and their action in this matter. (Applause.) After several questions as to procedure had been asked and satisfactorily answered Mr W. Boyd moved, and Mr J. W. Taylor seconded: “That this meeting approves of the candidates nominated by the Dairy Council, and those present pledge themselves to do all in their power to secure their return by asking suppliers to vote accordingly.” This resolution was carried unanimously and with applause.