MR. IORNS REPLIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 452, 6 September 1928, Page 12

MR. IORNS REPLIES

COST OF SHIPPING DAIRY PRODUCE

“CANNOT BE OVERCHARGED”

Press Association WELLINGTON, Wednesday. That the National Dairy Association had overcharged the Dairy Board for its shipping work, and had reduced its charges only when the board prepared to do its own work, is the reply given by Mr. W. A. lorns to the statement made by Mr. J. G. Brechin, a director of the association. “In July, 1927, the Dairy Associations asked from the Dairy Board £4,300 for attending to shipping details at Auckland. New Plymouth and South Island ports. Under pressure they finally agreed to do the work l’or £3,500. On July 11, 1928. they quoted £3,500 for attending to the work for another 12 months. The board decided to defer its decision for one month. “During that month the Dairy Associations became aware that a section of the board favoured the board’s doing its own shipping work. As a result. and quite obviously as a desperate attempt to retain the work themselves, the associations submitted an amended quotation, reducing their price to £ 2,000, a reduction of over 40 per cent. The decision of the board removes the board from" the danger of being overcharged, as has been the case in the past.”