WAR PRODUCTION

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 November 1939, Page 4

WAR PRODUCTION

EFFECTS OF RESTRICTIVE LEGISLATION. MASS MEETING TO BE HELD IN HAMILTON. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) HAMILTON, November 21. To enable all business men and employees to attend a mass meeting of farming and business interests to urge the Government to repeal its restrictive legislation and assist farmers to a greater degree in their efforts to increase production, all shops in Hamilton will close for a half day on December 4. This decision was made today at a meeting m Hamilton of representatives of reJailers, employees, farmers’ union, associated motor trades. South Auckland Carriers’ Association, Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton Master Builders, Frankton Tobacconists’ Association, ■ and representatives of retailers of Morrinsville. The Mayor of Hamilton, Mr H. D. Caro, presided over the meeting, which made arrangements for a mass meeting on December 4, when representatives of all the above organisations and other interested sections of the community will attend. Today the meeting adopted this resolution:—

“Seeing that the Government is making paramount the prosecution of the war, with which attitude this meeting is entirely in accord, we feel that this country, to meet its obligation and carry out the principle of ‘pay as we go’ must follow in the footsteps of Great Britain with ‘business as usual.’ In this direction the Government should give every consideration and assistance to the farmer in helping production and to the trader to secure stocks to enable him to assist in supplying taxation which is necessary and to maintain employment."