DAIRY CONTROL BOARD

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3679, 18 August 1927, Page 3

DAIRY CONTROL BOARD

DISTRICT SUPPLIERS VIEWS

Dealing with the present constitution of the Dairy Control Board at Saturday’s annual meeting of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co., Mi’. Jewell held that the personnel of the Board was too large and expensive, owing to the fact that about three-quarters of their business had gone under the altered conditions. It had been suggested in the House, he said, that the personnel should be reduced and that they work in conjunction with the Meat Board. He would suggest a motion that the number be reduced to three and that they work with the Meat Board, thus saving expense. At present the Board was only doing executive work. Mr. Chrystall said he was opposed to it. He hoped the Board would not be merged with the Meat Board, which was not efficient and was out of date, their sympathy being with Trusts. To do so would be absolute folly. If it had not been for the Government they would have had the Dairy Board operating today. He said they wanted producers’ representatives only on the Board as the Government representatives did not 'have one penny of interest. Mr. Stiles said he had always been opposed to the Board. They had done well in the past without it and" they did not want an expensive Board. The personnel should be reduced. If Mr. Jewell separated his resolution by deleting the portion about merging with the Meat Board, he believed it would have the support of nearly the whole of the producers. Mr. Jewell said it had been a question of policy to have a full Board. Mr. Jewell then moved and Mr. James seconded: “That this meeting of shareholders" of the Shannon Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., protest against the large personnel of the Dairy Control Board and that we suggest that the Board be cut down to five producers’ members only,” a copy of the resolution to be forwarded to the Hon. Mr. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture. An amendment by Mr. Chrystall, seconded by Mr. Bowker: “That the Board consist of seven producers’ representatives only” was defeated, the motion being carried.