MEAT COMMANDEER

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10608, 5 June 1920, Page 7

MEAT COMMANDEER

OTAGO FARMERS SEEK EXTENSION 7 PBB TRESS ASSOCIATION. DUNEDIN, June 4. At tho annual conference of tho Otago Farmers' Union, Mr James Begg gave a resume of the work of the conference held in Wellington last week on the subject of the meat commandeer, at which he was a delegate. Tho president of tho union (Mr John Christie) 'suggested that tho Home Government might bo asked to extend the commandeer for at least one month as far as the South Island ■was concerned, because tho South Island was, through climatic differences, a month or two later than the North. Mr Begg and Mr O. S. Orbell expressed the opinion that the Home decision not to extend the commandeer was absolutely final. After further discussion, it waa decided that tho Minister fpr Agriculture (the Hon. W. Nosworthy) bo asked to cable an appeal to the Home Government requesting an extension of tho commandeer by one month, and that the Homo Government bo asked to pay tho cost of tho storage of meat at Home till the producers had had an opportunity of placing their meat upon t.be mn'rVot.