MEAT POSITION

Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21371, 15 March 1941, Page 4

MEAT POSITION

ORGANISATION NEEDED MEETING WAR PROBLEMS (By Telegraph'.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Friday The duty of ascertaining the best method of organising New Zealand’s primary production facilities to ensure the minimum loss to the Dominion and to producers in the present circumstances, was given to a committee appointed today at a conference between representatives of meat interests and the Government. The committee was appointed on the recommendation of the Minister of Marketing, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, and it will, according to an official statement released tonight, begin deliberations immediately and submit its recommendations to the Government with the least possible delay. A preliminary meeting of the committee was held this afternoon. Its deliberations will be continued, and when the report is completed the committee will confer with the Meat Producers Board before reporting to the Government. Members of Committee The committee set up by the conference, which, was called by the Minister of Marketing, consists of the following:—The Minister of Marketing, chairman; Messrs T. A. Duncan and James Begg, Meat Producers Board; Mr W. W. Mulholland, Farmers’ Union; Mr W. E. Hale, Dairy Board; Messrs A. G. Brown and A. Rowlands, freezing companies; Mr L. Harrison, meat exporters; Mr A. McDonald, Sheepowners’ Federation; Mr D. Allen, stock and station agents; Mr G. Ross, Pig Council; Mr J. Carter, Master Butchers’ Association; Mr C. Hausmann, Bacon Curers’ Association; Mr E. V. Bevan, shipping companies; Mr H. R. H. Chalmers, Associated Banks.