FARMERS AND CO-OPERATION

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 8

FARMERS AND CO-OPERATION

I (By T^esraph.—treys Associatlcr..! I'lifUSi'GUl-RCII. this day. j KdK.winjt i.- the official report of the .concluding sittings of the conference, nt delegates representing farmers' ,-,,- ---[ opera live associations and fanners' i unions: — "Ai -i.'-iO p.m. yostcrd.iv (lie i-onf-T----enec resumed. The report' mail:' l.y the commitlec of managers appointed to draw up a preliminary federation ! scheme was brought down hy Mr. Newman, and spoken .„ by various malingers present. After lengthy discussion '.Mr. Todd moved and Mr. Talbot, jiui I seconded, '-That Messrs, Ralph Newman I and Eeigii iluat be appointed a subcommittee and requested to draw un a prospectus of the proposed wholesale society, and also prepare a mernoraujduai and articles of association for siihi mission to various as-sociatinns .m.-l I subsequently lo the conference itf mii tp.restc.l institutions." This, tta.sc.tr- , rierf unauimoiisty. ; On the motion of Mr. Todd ->c ;-W uv Mr. VV. I!. Hume, it „-,,< ~„!■,„•' ; mou-ly resolved. "That the (lelilioriii i■;■----|"l th- sub-committee be oommutiie-ued |to Hie representatives of co-opera'tivo ! associations present at the coiiferem'and to these who have been invited lo ! attend. ' Mr. Hill, representative of the l!rist„l r.nd Dominions Producers' \s S(V .-...; ,„ Ltd.. brie!!-, addressed the ocmVcretv.. eto the nature and seopo of his association's operations. The question of capitalisation of bonuses war- discussed at lem-tb the matter having been brought down in tho ! managers' report. It was unanimt,t:-.|v i i reso.vrsj. on the motion of the Hon Mr i , A.ns.te;.-. seconded by Mr. r.hnmbt.rluin! i I vat. T.us i-cutcrcnce fsr»ress-.s. it- -n . jproyai of the principle' of voluntary capitalisation of the whole or part ol I bonuses ty various co-operative asscciaI Ucms.'