GUARANTEED PRICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 3

GUARANTEED PRICES

REQUEST FOR TRIBUNAL. GRANTED BY GOVERNMENT.. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The claim of the dairy industry that a tribunal should be appointed to hear evidence and, in an advisory capacity, to recommend to the Government the guaranteed prices to be fixed for the new dairy season was granted by the Prime Minister, the Rt Hon M. J. Savage, in his reply to a deputation which waited on him yesterday. The deputation consisted of the members of the Dairy Board and representatives of the National Dairy Association, the South Island Dairy Association and the Farmers’ Union.

The deputation’s request was that the advisory tribunal should consist of three Government representatives and three representatives of the dairy industry, presided over by a judge of the Supreme Court. The Minister of Marketing, the Hon W. Nash, who heard the deputation with the Prime Minister, suggested that the chairman who would be most acceptable would be Sir Francis Frazer. However, Mr Nash did not agree that it was necessary to include in any order of reference the four considerations set out in the resolution passed by the National Dairy Conference at New Plymouth, and the Prime Minister was emphatic on the point that the proceedings of the proposed tribunal should not be open to the Press. ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS TODAY. FOR BUTTER AND CHEESE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Additional payments on butter and cheese purchased during the 1937-38 season under the guaranteed price plan will be made today by the Primary Products Marketing Department. The Minister of Marketing, the Hon W. Nash, stated in an interview last evening that the total sum to be paid out would be £617,892 9s 4d. This amount would be distributed as follows: —

The payments to be made, said Mr Nash, were in accordance with the Order-in-Council increasing the guaranteed price. This order had just i been approved by the Executive Council. The increased payments would amount to ,41d per pound butter, and .21d per pound cheese, on produce manufactured on and after August 1. 1937, and exported up to and inclusive of the series of shipments sailing about June 30.

Auckland .. £368,723 2 4 Wellington .. £157,665 18 10 New Plymouth £66,422 16 3 Dunedin £25,080 11 11 £617,892 9 2