FARMERS UNION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 133, 17 March 1933, Page 6

FARMERS UNION

REVISION OF TARIFFS. RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS URGED. AVHEAT SURPLUS QUESTION HELD OVER, The Mid-Canterbury Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union met this afternoon, the president (Mr W. R. Hammond) occupying the chair. Mr It. Houston acknowledged the executive's expression of sympathy in his recent bereavement. An Allenton resident wrote stating that he was making phosphorised pollard for poisoning rabbits, and could supply this at 4d a lb. In the absence of Messrs J. Carr and C. C. Winn, it was resolved to again hold over the discussion on the remits from the Methven branch concerning the retention by farmers of the surplus of wheat. The matter would come up for consideration at the next meetnig. The Dominion Executive wrote in connection with a shield presented some years ago by the Colonial Ammunition Company for annual competition between branches of the Union. The competition had lapsed of recent years, and it was desired to resuscitate it. The information and conditions were handed to Mr C. Crawford, a member of the Wakanui Defence Rifle Club, for consideration. In view of the proposed conference between the Hon. J. G. Coates and representatives from Australia with regard to the revision of tariffs between Australia and New Zealand, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr G. W. Leadley, seconded by Mr W. T. Lill, to send a remit that any alterations in the existing tariffs be arranged on a strictly reciprocal basis. The secretary of the Mid-Canterbury Provincial Executive of the Women's Division of the Farmers' Union advised that the Dominion president (Mrs C. C. Jackson) would visit Ashburton at the end of April with a view to organising new branches in the County, and asked for assistance in the transport of the party throughout the County. It was decided to make the necessary arrangements. The meeting then went into committee to discuss the i. Wheat Marketing Agency's apparent slowness in remitting the proceeds of the sales of wheat to the growers. It was resolved to recommend the Ashburton County Council to lay poison for rabbits systematically throughout the Ashburton County, and that the stock inspector should be asked to assist in the matter, members expressing the opinion that the pest was becoming a serious one.