MEET COMMANDEER.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3491, 20 May 1920, Page 5

MEET COMMANDEER.

k3XTE.N .5ilON FAVO URED.

The much-disc.usS(‘.d question of the extension of the meat commandeer was :Iguin.t'urther discussed at yesterday ’s meeaing of the Wanganui sub-pl'oviu~ ciul executivevuf the NZ. F-.u'mel's’ L'nion. T A letter was placed before the meeting from the Nortlleru Wairoa sub-provincial executive, advocating

Hie lifting of the conmiEl'ndeer as .<looll as possible. ‘

.\ll' l\[cCxl'cgo:' said that the xnoat srtores were all full, and as stock \\'as still coming forward it. \\'o_uld. not be in the best interests of the t'a.l'lnol-s that the commandoor should be lifted. He considered that the commandcer should not be lifted until all the stock coming I.’ol'w:u'(l for the present season was killed. I

.\ll' F:ll‘lo_\f :1g'l'0€(1. He said he considered it gvould be better if the commmuleor were extended for another ‘twelve months. If :_1 free market were given next s(-‘asou it would be no use to fal'nlol's_. for he considered that the t':u‘luol's would be in a sorry plight. It would appear that meat would be sold in Britain at (id per lb. It would cost about Md pm‘ lb to get it -there, so .Illel‘e would not be much left. for the f:nmm'. lnstvud of receiving about 35/ Hwy would only get about 15/.

Mr Hmlgcs suggested that it would be the bos‘rTlling for ’r'al'nlel's if the stores \'\'ol'c ('](‘£ll'o(], and the commandoer was then lifitcd.