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No. 6. Dear Sir, ■ Oamaru, 13th September, 1920. At a meeting of the executive of this union held on Saturday last the following resolution was carried unanimously: " That this meeting ask the Government to issue a. buying and export license to Armour and Co. or any either American firm desiring to operate in New Zealand frozen meat for export to United States of America, for one. year, under sue-h reasonable' Government supervision as may be necessary to safeguard the interests of New Zealand producers." Yours faithfully, A. W. Woodward, Secretary. The Chairman, Parliamentary Committee, Wellington. No. 7. Mr. Corrioan, farmer and stock-dealer, wished to know if he could give evidence be-fore the Commit lee As that cannot be granted, 1 wish to put in the- statement he made to me in the train yesterday. 21st September, It was to this effect: That he had been refused freezing-rights by Taranaki freezing companies because, he averred, he had been very successful in purchasing stock eiver the buyers of the companies, including the' Gear Company; that, had it not been for the; Wanganui Freezing Company doing the work, he would have- been a heavy loser, as he had about £12,000 worth of stock on. his hanels. William Thos. Jennings. No. 8. Office of the Attorney-General, Dear Sir,— Washington, D.C., 18th February, 1920. In response to your reepiest, referreei from the Secretary of Agriculture, for certain information relative to the: packers' case, I transmit herewith my statement given tei the Press on 18th December, It) 19. I have- made: no other official statement. The decree: in this case will shortly be entered, anel I have directed that a copy thereof lie- sent you. Yours very truly, A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney-General, Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister eif Agriculture, Dominion of Ne-w Zealand. Attornky-(lies Krai. Palmer to-day announced that the live l big pacta re, Armour end Co., Morris anil Co., Swift anil Co., Wilson anil Co., and Cudahy Paokirjg Co., their main subsidiaries and principal stockholders anil manager,", hail submitted to all the contentions of the Government anel consented to the entry of an injunction decree providing for I lie carrying-out of these contentions. The following defendants are directed and enjoined under the decree : . \miotir Defendants. Corporations. Individuals. Corporations. Individuals. Armour and Co. (111.) .. J. Ogden Armour, Colorado Packing and ProArmour and Co. (N.J.) .. Charles W. Armour. vision Co. (Col.) .. .. P. Edson White. Armour and Co. (Ky.) .. A. Watson Armour. Fowler Packing Co. (Me.) .. Frederick W. Croll. Armour and Co. (Tex.) . . Lawrence 11. Armour. Hammond Paoking Co. (III.). . George M. Wilh-lls. Armour and Co., Ltd. (La.) .. Arthur Meeker. Now York Butchers' Dressed Anglo-American Provision Co. licet Co. (N.Y.) .. .. George B. Robbins. (Til.) .. .. .. R.J.Dunham. Atlantic Hotel Supply Co. Swift Defendants. Corporations. I ndividuals. Corporations, Swift and Co. (III.) . . Louis P. Swift. Omaha Meat Co. (Cat). Swift and Co. (W. Va.) .. Edwards P. Swift. Canfleld Commission Co. (N..1.). Swift anel Co. (Me.) . . Charles P. Swift. 11. C. Derby Co. (N.Y.). Swift and Co., hie (Ky.) •• Gustavus Swift, jun, Metropolitan Hotel Supply Co. (N.Y.). Swift and Co., Ltd. (La.) . . Harold 11. Swift. Vermont Supply Co. Swift Beef Co. (Me.) .. Alden B. Swift. Hotchkiss Beef Co. United Pressed Beef Co. (N.Y.) George 11. Swift. P. and C. Crittenden Co. .). J. Huntington and Co., Inc. George Nye Co. (N.J.) .. .. .. Laurence A. Carton. 11. L. Handy Co. Bimbler Co. (N.J.) .. ■■ Pranks. Hayward. Swift-Coates Co. C. H. Hammond Co. (Mich.). . Charles A. Peacock. Andrews, Swift, anil Co. Omaha Packing Co. (Ky.) .. Wilfred VV. Sherman. Now England Dressed Meal and Wool Co. Plarikinton Packing Co. (Wis.) Wellington Lcavitf. North Paoking and Provision Co. Sturtcvant and Haley .. .I. M. Chaplin. Sperr-y and Barnes Co. Beef and Supply Co. (Me.) .. William It Trainer. John P. Squire Co. (Me.). W. M. Packing Co. (11l ). John I. Squire Co., Inc. (.Mass.). Van Wagonen and Schii khans Co. (N.J.). John P. Squire Co., Inc. (1t.1.). Western Paoking Co. (Cat). Springfield Provision Co. Hammond Beef Co. (Mich.). White. Pe-avey. and Dexter Co. Morris Defendants. Corporations. individuals. Corporations. Morris anil Co. (Me.) . . Edward Morris. Corwin, Wilde Co. Morris Packing Co. (Me.) .. Nelson Morris. Donnelly and Co., I in-. Morris and Co. (N.J.) •• L. 11. Heymann. National Hotel Supply Co. Morris and Co., Ltd. (La.) .. C. il. McFarlane. Chamberlain and Go., Inc. Morris and Co. (Pa.) .. H. A. Timmina. .1. M. Wilson and Co. Joseph Stern and Sons, Inc. (N.Y.). Middletown Beef and Provision Co. Brooklyn Beef and Provision Co. Glenn and Anderson Co. Condit Beef anel Provision Co. Wilson Defendants. Corporations. Individuals, Corporations. individuals. Wilson and Co., Ine-. (N.Y.) .. Thomas E. Wilson. Steifel-O'Mara Co. . . . . G. H. Cowan. Wilson and Co., Inc. (N.J.) .. Arthur Lowenstcin. Drexel Packing Co. .. William C. Buethe Wilson and Co., Inc., of Call- Albert Lea Co., Inc. .. C. |i\ Burrell. forma (Nov.) .. .. Jacob Moog. Mississippi Packing Co. .. James C Good. Wilson and Co., Inc. (La.). .. V. D. Skipworth. Morton-Gregson Co. (Del.). Wilson anil Co. (Oklahoma) . . A. L. Smith. Paul C. Heymann Co. South Dakota Provision Co.. . J. A. Hamilton. Standard Provision Co. Gotham Hotel Supply Co. .. George I >. Hopkins Centcp' Products Corporation. Standard Beef Co. ..' , , A. E, Peterson.