DAIRY PRICES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 July 1938, Page 7

DAIRY PRICES

PERSONNEL OF ADVISORY * COMMITTEE. SIR F. V. FRAZER CHAIRMAN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. The full personnel of the advisory committee of seven members to conduct inquiries and make recommendations to the Government regarding the prices to be fixed for butter and cheese purchased by the Crown was announced on Saturday by the Minister of Marketing, the Hon W. Nash. The prices will relate to butter and cheese manufactured from cream and milk delivered to dairy factory companies on and after August 1, 1938. The members of the committe are as follows:— Chairman, Sir Francis Frazer. Government nominees, Messrs G. A. Duncan, N. H. Moss, H. M. Caselberg.. Dairy Industry’s nominees, Messrs C. P. Agar and W. Marshall, Professor A. H. Tocker. - ■ -

Mr G. M. Pottinger will act as secretary to the committee, which will hold its first meeting on Wednesday week, July 27, in the board room of the Executive Commission of Agriculture at Wellington. The Government suggested Sir Francis Frazer as chairman and the suggestion was accepted unanimously by the organisations .representing the dairy industry. Mr Nash stated that as the committee would function as an expert investigating committee, its proceedings would be conducted in camera. Dairy factory companies were being circularised, and would be given the opportunity of submitting to the committee statements relating to farm and 'factory costs and other relevant matters. The committee would also arrange to hear oral evidence from witnesses .who, in its opinion, might be able to supplement the information supplied in documentary form. In addition, the Government would make available to the committee all the statistical and expert evidence and information obtainable from departmental sources. “It is very gratifying to the Government,” concluded Mr Nash, “that a complete agreement has been reached with the organisations representing the industry in regard to all matters relating to the constitution of the committee and its functions and procedure. Both the Government and the industry can be well satisfied with the results achieved.”