FARM PRODUCTION
WAR MEASURES. COUNCIL APPOINTED BY GOVERNMENT. Telegraph—-Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. T hc personnel of the Council of Primary Production, which is to organise the production of agricultural "nd pastoral commodities to meet the -”""n<des of war conditions, was a.n- -" un-rd yesterday by the Minister of ■•’’■."ul'ure. Mr Lee Martin, who, afs he chairman, is calling the first meeti ing of the council for tomorrow. “After consultation with farmers and farm workers’ organisations, I invited I representatives of tnese organisations f arm a Council "f Primary ProducI : : '-n.” sa'd the M-nis'er, “and I am I pleased to say that every man whose services was called upon instantly accepted the appointment. This is but another illustration of the determination of all sections of the farming community to make every effort to see that cui’ production is maintained and wherever possible extended.” The personnel of the council is as follows:— Mr Lee Martin, Minister of Agriculture. chairman. Mr A. H. Cockayne, Controller of Primary Industries, deputy-chairman. Mr Vv. W. Mulholland, president of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. Mr R. Eddy, president of the New Zealand Workers' Union. Mr W. E. Hale, chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board. Mr L. J. Wild, president of the Royal Agricultural Society. Mr H. M. Christie, chairman of the Wool Council. Mr L. McLean, farmer, Hastings. Mr R. B. Tennent, Director of the Fields Division, Department of Agriculture, who has been appointed Director of Primary Production to the Council. ! “It has been my endeavour to set up a working committee representative of all the major phases of primary production,” said Mr Martin, “and when the full organisation, which includes subsidiary national and district committees, is set up, I think we will be able to play a part worthy of our highest traditions. The whale of the machinery is being set in motion with the greatest possible speed, and we will soon be able to announce plans for a sustained and unprecedented effort.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 September 1939, Page 3
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