WOOL AND MEAT COMMANDEER.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 2, 26 March 1920, Page 9

WOOL AND MEAT COMMANDEER.

A largely attended meeting of farmers was held in the Town Hall to deal with the Government's commandeer of meat and also the shipping problem. xi resolution was passed : "That faiiing a conference in Wellington, arranging for an open market, this meeting would approve only as a last resource of the extension of the commandeer after 30th June, and that such a commandeer must be at market value, and also to request tha Imperial Government to clear all commandeered meat by 31st December, 1920." With regard to shipping the meeting decided that faiiing an agreement with the shipping companies, the farming community should obtain the assistance of the Government to purchase steamers.