TRIBUNAL WANTED
TO FIX DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES
REMIT BY INTERPROVINCIAL CONFERENCE
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 25.
The Interprovincial Conference of the Farmers’ Union carried a remit as follows: —“That in computing the price of dairy produce while the guaranteed price is in operation, an independent tribunal should be set up presided over by a Supreme Court Judge, that the personnel shall be mutually agreed upon by a committee consisting of equal numbers of members nominated by the dairy industry as sellers and the Government as buyers, that the price should be determined by the tribunal from the evidence placed before it, and that the proceedings and findings of the tribunal be made public. The price to be such as will: “(a) Enable farmers to pay cometitive rates of wages. “(b) Allow them a reasonable interest on the capital invested in their farms and stock. “(c) Enable them to meet increased costs imposed by legislation, including tariffs. “(d) Allow them remuneration commensurate with the service they render and with that obtained by other members of the community, who render equal service.” The remit was carried unanimously.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1938, Page 8
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186TRIBUNAL WANTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 May 1938, Page 8
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