FENCING WIRE
REPLY TO AIR W. A. lORNS MADE BY FARMERS’ UNION SECRETARY. PRICE NOT YET DECIDED. i By Telegraph— -Press Association.» WELLINGTON. This Day. "I feel I should comment on the statement by Mr. W. A. lorns," Martinborough, former chairman of the Dairy Board (which appeared in the "Times-Age" yesterday ), said Mr. A. P. O'Shea. Dominion Secretary of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, in a statement last night. “I have no desire to trespass on the preserves of the Wool Council or the Meal Board concerning the matters raised by Mr, lorns. but I must comment on the question of the price of fencing wire.
"Up till the present the price of wire has been fixed by the Price Tribunal which has set the price at which each shipment of wire was to be sold." said Mr. O'Shea. "I understand that the Price Tribunal has not increased the margins allowed to the various interests handling wire, but in some cases has actually reduced them. Mr. lorns refers to the fact that ‘the wire comes through only one channel' now. This obviously refers to the Government’s taking over the handling of wire, but I understand that none of the wire handled by the Government under lhe new scheme has so far been placed on the market, and that the actual details of price and margins to be allowed for handling it have not yet finally been decided. "It may be, however, that the Government proposes, now that it has taken over the handling of wire, that the importers are to have their profits increased. This will not be known till the wire actually comes on the market. but if Mr lorns’ statement is correct then it would appear than an explanation is called for from the Minister of Supply."
Mr. O’Shea said he would like to pay a tribute to lhe work which was being attempted by the Price Tribunal. "They have a difficult and unenviable job." he said, "but as I have been brought fairly closely in contact with the work of the tribunal I can testify to the way in which they have endeavoured to carry out their work.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 January 1941, Page 7
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