WHO OWNS PRODUCE?
FARMER OR MORTGAGEE? DAIRY BD. REPRESENTATION (From Our Own Correspondent} HAMILTON, Wednesday. Some doubt was expressed at the provincial conference of the Farmers' Union to-day whether dairy produce was the property of the dairy farmers. The remit under discussion was "that this conference considers that, as the produce handled is the property only of dairy farmers the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board should consist only of members elected by the dairy producers.” “It seems to me dairy produce is the property of the mortgagee." said Captain Rushworth (Kaitaia). There was a burst of laughter. "Yes, I know it sounds like a joke,” he added, “but this argument has been advanced over the floor of the House over and over again. The Government is the biggest mortgagee and should therefore be represented on the board.” The remit was carried.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 362, 24 May 1928, Page 11
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141WHO OWNS PRODUCE? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 362, 24 May 1928, Page 11
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