FARMERS POLITICAL PARTY.
DECISION OF AUCKLAND CONFERENCE.
(PfiXSS ASSOCIATION' TELEGHAM.) AUCKLAND, May 23. At the Provincial Conference of the Union this morning, remits from the Matatoke and Kiokio branches recommending tho formation of a Farmers' Political Party in the Dominion Parliament to safeguard the interests of fanners, were considered. The President, introducing the remits, reminded the Conference that the decision to form a Farmers' Party was made at the last conference. Taranaki, they knew, was with them, and Canterbury was very energetically pursuing a policy in that direction, but they did not quite como out into the open. Mr McGill (Waiuku) said he thought they were not ready for a Farmers' Party yet. He believed heartUy in the movement, but to fail would discredit the Union and throw it back. The remedy was to exert themselves in organisation and in discussing farmers' politics. Mr Duckworth moved as an amendment to tho remit, "That though it considers the formation of a Farmers' Party desirable, this Conference considers the time not mature to put it into operation, but that farmers be urged to support only candidates giving a pledge that they will support the Union's platform." The amendment was lost, and the remit (that a party be formed) was carried amid applause.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14051, 24 May 1911, Page 7
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