WAREPA FARMERS' CLUB.

Clutha Leader, Volume XVII, Issue 833, 4 July 1890, Page 5

WAREPA FARMERS' CLUB.

A meeting of the Warepa Farmers' Club was held on Tuesday last. There was a poor attendance of members owinej to insnfnciftnt notice being given. The president (Mr W. Christie) occupied the chair. Several letters from various farmers' clubs were read and received. A letter from Mr Thos. Mackenzie, M. H.R. , wa3 read, agreeing with the resolutions passed by the late conference in Dnnedin, with the exception of the clause proposing to add to tho Rabbit Act, a clause providing for compulsory rabbitproof fencing. — It was agreed to support tho view of the matter taken by Mr Mackenzie and to thank him for his attention to it. In speaking on this question, MrMunro said it would be a gro3S injustice to force any man to put up such fences on his own private property, and even if it was proposed to erect them on boundary lima only this would lead to much ill-feeling between neighbours and put them to useless expense. Even if farmers were compelled to put up these fences what good would they do ? They would not keep rabbits out. We had proof positive of this in the famous Canterbury rabbitproof fence, which although bolstered up by it's supporters, had been found by other people, to be almost useless, as far a keeping the rabbita off was concerned. MrD. F-irquhar said such fences would ruin small farmers who found it even now a hard struggle to make both ends meet. The expense would bo enormous, and as for keeping the rabbits out he had practical experience of the matter and said emphatically that such was not the case. Ho had' a piece of ground surrounded with such a fence as was proposed to be erected and had found it practically useless. He thought that all farmers should by united action keep such an injustice from being forced on them. .Several other matters were shortly discussed especially — tho certificate of quality to be sent with all manures, and the 1 bids at wool sales. It was agreed to ask the different clubs to co-operate in these matters. It was also agreed to write to the Oainaru Farmers' Club asking for information with regard to the lately-formed employers' union. It was agreed to postpone discussion of the question 'of the small-bird nuisance. Next meeting was fixed for July 29t;h, for which the following notice of motion was given by the president, viz. — "To consider ih<i advisability of j;vinin;Js with tho miners' association on a political basis.