HOSPITAL RATING
“FARMERS LET DOWN BY LEADERS” (P.A.) WHANGAREr, December 4. Speaking as president of the Bay of Islands sub-provincial council of the Farmers’ Union, Mr C. B. Michie commented upon the clause in the Statutes Amendment Bill dealing with hospital rating. “The Farmers’ Union has not stood up to the derating issue as we anticipated,” he said. “Two years ago a remit from this district, supported by the executive of the Auckland Provincial Council, that the union should stand firm for hospital derating was passed. This remit has not been implemented by our headquarters. “The New Zealand president (Mr W. W. Mulholland) recently went so far as to say that the union would not take direct action to support farmers’ claims. I feel our leaders have let us down.” It appeared, added Mr Michie, that the Government was taking advantage of a rift among farmers themselves, and it remained to be seen whether the union’s leaders would put the farmers first, instead of their own parochial feelings.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 47, 5 December 1945, Page 3
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