BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH N.Z. FARMERS' UNION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LVI, Issue 5993, 10 May 1935, Page 1

BANKS PENINSULA BRANCH N.Z. FARMERS' UNION.

FIFTH ANINIUIAiL MEETING. The fifth annual' meeting of the Bnaimeh was held! at Duvauclbelilie on Tuesday wbeni (Mr F. G. Armstrong, President, presided oveir a smalU attendance. Apologies were .received from Messrs A, M Hefllps, C. E. Kay, R. J., ©ai'lley, E. Waghoirn and W. H Moore-. JCorrespondemce was read 1 from the Peniinisute branch of the Young Harm er.s' Club inviting members to attend their dance at Dulvau'chellle cun May 116 th. WiMEIR FEEjD SUIPIPfILiIEiS. 'Mes®r® H. Mlaitsom and 1 Go and Mr R. iMoGilllvriay Fi!e!d!s Superintendent Department; of Agriculture wrote quoting !for suiupiliies off hay and mao- . golds. The Chairman moved the l Department of Agricu'lltu're be Wiri'titem. to stating ithfaiti fifty tonis of hay was required l in the mean time 1 and more I wlould be) required liateir, iif the winter ! were severe, .and 1 asking what Govern merit assistance wouilid <ba' granted; seconded! by 'Mr T. Masselfieilldi aindl oar nied. , FIELD BAY. . The iCHhailrmian reported the field day held on April! 3Cith at Duv.au:chelile hiad .been, well attended and the ledt'uireis had been interesting and ins'turcitive. ,It wias decided to write th'airiking the lecturers fcir attending. PIROVIIINICHAL E/XIE(aUITrVE. The Clhiaiimi'an neporitedl the Dom* inion President., Mr Poison, would visit Christehiurchi on 2.9 th May aind deliver 'an address. The PriovinciM (Conference wtouM he bieilid on June 7. At the Tasit meeting tlhe embargo on imported' stock had been discussed and 'the meeting oamried! 'a motion prciteating .against the embargo being l&Eted oini account of the danger of foot ;and! miouith disease. WtCXOIL CUAISjSBS. It wias MEt to the committee set uip to 'arrange for the holding of wo,oil ■classes .a® sown as possible. PIRIESEDiENIT'iS AiNIN!UiA)L ,RE)RORff. The Piresiildewt read! his annual report as follows: —■ "Interest. .oif memlbens' in the activitli'eis of tihe Uniloin ithrioiugihouit t'he year hais beeini fairly well! ma-jnitaiined. It is p'ateinit that the difficulties under whi'dh Pe'rurnisuJia farmers hiave been wor/kiing, especially thr.oughouit the last .t'hree years, .h'atve been con>a fcviilbuttiinig factoir to the I'osis olf sup port olf the Uniion anid Conseq.uemtily ito tihe d'etpl'eti'oin; o'f finianices. M : eetinigsi.—lT!he uisuali number of meetiiings were held thnouigh the pasit yeair aindl were reiasan/albly well .attend ed 1 . The pmgriamme of social eventings as arinamge'dl could' niot alll be carried' -out; ofwin'g «iin» the rniaiin l to tihe difficulty of fixing d'albe® that w'ouild not cllsish witlhi other social arrangements. Three cif itihese meetings were held respectively in Duvauohelle Le Bon's Bay and Phor'llton, aid' being well 'attended 1 . Vdisiiits.—We have ,t'o .rec-ord a visit firoimi the President of the North Canterbury Bnainich of tihe Union, Mr G. ;C.,"Warren, in IMay laist, which was aipprecilated. His talk on the activity ies of the Union 1 weire oif greait. interest to memibensv Mirs Ward, the Dominion presidlenit oif Women's Diiviisioin, accompian.i'edi by Mns N.uitt, president o!f the N.:C. Division, paid a visit ercenitly, ,and! gave a mo,sit inv tare siting- talk, tracing this 1 activities o.f the two, branches 1 aind tlhe relation is'hilp of the. tlwo, explaining -how each was helfpful! toi the other. * Olther visitors' were 'Mesras Lyttl© and St'rutlheris, who de-ailt with the Farmers Insur.amee .sicheme farm aecoumting. ( Mt Blomlfield, who tihir'ou'gh •tihe .Uni'on arranged for the formation of the Young Farmers Club. IMr Hastings aind! Mr Mclnt.osh; who . lectured on tihe pig matriketiinig As-s----ociatlion a.lls'o visited' tlhe district. 'Lectures. —Although a committee was ,seit up to rrrfte arrcingeinenits 'for lectures a/fc certain peniods, oinly i two were given, one, corajoiniUy by Drs, Hi'lgend'orff amd Weston, tttiie ••other: (by IMr Go elk ,otf tbe Governmemfc Depiatrtment om the breeding o'f .sheep ands the get up oif wool. The first of thesei lec,tu,r.eis was s : o poorliy attended, owing to inclemeirit weatiher., thait your comrnitteei were loath to miaike furtiheir airraingemenitis in this respect, as it iis a very poor eomplmienifc to as'lc promilnemt lecturers <to c'ofme l llorrng distances 1 to addressi just a handlfull of members. 'R'emitis and Business deal't witih was as fo'M'ows :—NaxiouiS weedis, price cif Sodffiuimi Chillcirate, heavy traffic l'ilcenise fees, numlber o'f bales oif avoiol now sold in; lot's of four ■asking that they be reduced .to three, wool 'ctos'siing, veterinary research work, secomdS' oif c'ooksfoot for certiSficatioin, prevenit.ion of plump vot'ibg, iailiter'artiiom of 'dilpjping d'at'es, kiSlliliinig restritctitons, field 1 day ait ' Buvau'Chellle, wi'nter feed! for s't'oek,

rabbi'b pest, Akamo:a High School funds, etic. Field Bay.—A .field day at Duvaur chellte a© arranged! for by your executive proved .a ,great i&uicaess and was 'weili alttended. Demonsftir'aiti'ons and iec-tures were given by Messrs Lesle, M'clLa'ehllto, Filemlhg, iFl ! ay and Moore, jon the .f afflolwing' subjects :—horses, shieelp, cofws, poultry, winter feedl and manuring' oif cocksfoot laindi. General!.—(The past season far local farmers geaneralily has .been an anxious I'Oiue, abtrilbuitialblie tlo draught condii1 1ions anidl flow prices for eomlmiodi'tieis ( eslpec'i'alllly, ©uidb as daiilry produce and 1 Wocl l . IThe prices received for the tlwo Miter products is far below production costs. wnidl we cain/noit hoipe -t'o see l a lbett.ermen!t of the farmers •finanicM p csitiom uinitiT a considerable !riise in prices .takes pDace. , The IRuraili IMomtigaigoriS'. Final Adj.ustmenltl Act., together with Mortgage Bonidl CortpornaltSoini Act which were passed .sit the last Session, -of Parliament, ihlave "been brought into fonce to assiisit farmers' and l white farmers halve not at the present, a clear understanding .of these matters it is hoped thait. 'they will! give ais intended', relfetf to farmers '.umitillt 'those condi'tiions' over which we have* no control' are' bettered. 'The intended 1 itap'os'lltioni oif levies or quotas by ißriltaiin on our exports ;is a matter df grave c oncer an to ithie N..Z. primary . producer ais no British colony is so dependant on iltisi exports as New 'ZefaKand la |This .iinitendted! procedure l I 'bias been brought albouit by world widte trading condliltioins and mioinietory diiffiicuUties together with the atltemlpt of iBr l it.ai;!n> 'to miainitain' miairkets for her exports and to enioo.uira.ge ' | 'the British farmer to increase proi dutetion. j These matters together wi'th the I tendency of ,our own gove'rinjmerlt by rlegiistetion to dbminiate production I arid marketing, cia'ill for serious study by farmers oif the position that hae arisen. iln conclusion, whiffle it is tindbutotedl thiat the trend oif legfeiliatiioni is t/o assist 'the farmers, the position ' calls if or concerted action oif alii farmers, ■ .associations and unions to keep in touch with the position amid by concerted endeavours to try and guide :furtheir legilsillaitiion iinito a channel thait willll be in the besit' interests of th : te Dominion and oif our 'farmers generally." • The annual ballanice sheet showed! •a credit Oif £3 109 '3d'. « The report and balance sheet were adopted. ELiEIGHIIOINi OF OFFUQEORIS. 'The election o'f President wias held over unltill! the next meeting', flMr F. !G. Armstrong saying he was unable to aecepit 'the position .thiis year and he considered the president should be chosen froim the vice-presidents'. | The .foll'o'winig vice-presidents' were eie'cted: —iMessrs V. iCriaiw, S. J. Vegan, T. Mai&slfieMi, P. E. Moore, A> Goodwin, J. .C. 0. IRieynish, W. 0. Moore and A. M. He'Ups. | The election of the Hon. Secretary and Treasurer was heilld over for the next meeting, Mr jEicobison stating Ihe W'as not prepared t'o. accept the position. i iMessr© V. .Oralw and A. M. Hellps iweire elected delegates, too. 'the annual 1 Provincial Conference, A SEPAIRATE BiRAINICIH.'. The matter of forming .a branch |on Banks Peninsula, seipairatj from ' the Provincial Branch and' including I .the Little 1 River OBnanch was dis .cussed and it was decided to make enquiries and diiscttsis t'he matter ait 'next meeting. 1 FAIRIMORIS' RlEjiraiß'NlS. Mr T. Maselfield moved .ais. a remit to the Provincial! .Conference: — "That returns of! income should 1 be made &s at 30th Jiune in. each year of 3'ls'ti March. Mr Maselfield said this w'oaild! all'ow farmers , to realise c.ri their suiplus stock before the winter. | iMir Masefielid aT'so proposed as a remit that sheep returns iSih'ou'M 1 be; made up to 80th June i'n eiach year.. : Both remits l werie carried. ! 'SOOBAiL EiVBNIINGia AND MEJEIHIINIGIS. . I It was decided to foffJofw out the practice followed) last year amdi to hold meetings and s : ociiaili gaitheni'mgis in the various centres oif the district during 'the winter. It was also left tlo the .president and' secretary to 'arrange for the moinithiliy meetings. The next meeting Was fixed 'for 28th IMiay,. J It was decided 1 to wrilt.© to subbiifJiTches- asking them t'o hold theilr e.nr.iual. and t ; o aippoilut their 'deilegates. , ! . 1 MORTGAiGIOIRIS' ADJUISTIMiEiNT I 'AQT. ■ 3 : t was decided t'o invite Mr Muilh'oliaaid to g'ive a lecture on the /"Rural iMant'gag'ors l Fi'niaii Adjjustmenit • Act" and! to ask Mr G. C'i ( iWiairren, Provinciali President to ac--company him.