FARMERS CONFERENCE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 191, 26 May 1934, Page 8

FARMERS CONFERENCE

DECISIONS AT WANGANUI. (Per Press Association). WANGANUI, May 25. The interprovincial conference of the Wanganui, Wellington, Manawatu, and Wairarapa, Farmers’ Unions concluded to-day. Tlie decisions arrived at were:— To seek information relative to horse shoes available for use on sealed roads; that the wheat growers of the North Island either he excluded from the Wheat Purchase Board, or be given representation thereon; that the Government impress on Great- Britain the need of bringing Empire defences up to standard; that the Government compulsorily fix the maximum rate of interest at 3 per cent; that tlie State pay all rates in arrear on properties on which it holds mortgages; that the Government be urged to approve of the principle of derating, and that as a first step thereto the Main Highways Board take over all roads in the Dominion ; that the £500,000 from tlie Consolidated Fund previously paid to the Highways Board he restored; that persons under the age of 20 years he exempt from wages, or emergency, tax ; that the registration of working dogs be in the hands of local bodies, and that Alsatians be charged £5; that farmers’ lorries, when used for then own carting, he exempt from heavy traffic fees.