COMMANDEERING CHEESE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIII, Issue 61, 10 November 1915, Page 7

COMMANDEERING CHEESE.

THE COMPANIES' CONFERENCE. Per J'iu;ss lAssoojation. Wellington, Noveinoer !J. The representatives of dairy companies which are engaged in the manufacture of cheese and of the cheese trade, met in Wellington today to discuss the decision of the Imperial Government to requisition onethird of the output of all New Zealand factories for army purposes. The intentions of the Government were explained by the head of the Imperial Supply Committee (Mr 11. Triggs), who lias the arrangements in hand. | The decisions of the conference were reported later to the Prime Minister, who this evening informed a reporter that the representatives of the cheese industry had assured him that they 'were ready to accept the arrangements made by the Imperial authorities, auu to co-operate in any way in thenpower in order to make the scheme a success. They were securing at the present time a higher price than they were to bo paid b ythe Board of Trade, but they would not raise that point. They would set that consideration aside' and do their duty to the Empire.