FARMERS' UNION.
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. . . tut TEi.ioitAra—rßEss. association.l Glsborne, Juno 16'. The seventh annual conference of tho Pororty Bay section of the Farmers' . Union was 1 In his opening remarks Mr. Watson '(president) said, as a set-off against tho low price of wool, our country had never looked better at the time of the year than now. Feed was plentiful, and stock was. looking very well. %ith reasonable prudence farmors could look forward with confidence to the coming season. , Mr. Watson was re-elected president. Sir. W. D. S.' Mac Donald vice-president, and Mr. T. Elliott delegate to tho annual confemice. Remits were carried that tho provincial executive select and support candidates for Parliamentary elections; that the Union tsko a decidod stand against Socialism : that tha Government be urged to amend tba Land Act to give all l.i.p. tenants, other thin those settled on-resumed estate lands, the option of. purchasing tho froehold at a fair value; that a reasonable numbor of employees must comprise a labour unibu -before (hoy havo power to cite employers to 'appear before an Industrial Court.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 2
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178FARMERS' UNION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 2
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