TIMBER INDUSTRY.
FARMERS AND THE ROYAL COMMISSION.
1 Mr. J. 6. Wilson, Dominion president of the Fanners' Union, has (addressed the.fol- ' lowing-.communication recently to tho Primo •Minister (Sir Joseph Ward): —.. . ••• . • . "He Royal Commission on : Timber. Ih'dus-
' .V- try.—l. : note that the :niembers: of this Royal Commission. are .be: appointed;, by ..various . inren'sted., parties, iwitli three members ap;V {Aiiitfd by:.the; Government. Whilst not offering an opinion as to, the proposed constitution, I beg to submit for your consideration tho suggestion that the consumer should , have a: large.:say in the finding of the corn:r niii>smn, otherwise the report"will .not:-be a . . Tery. convincing one. . The : commission would -be; "iiinlTcctive,. unless, the ;consumers ,- have . nu-re, (('presentation (even supposing that {•!»• ths;e .fiov'crnn ent' nominees . 'represent : as tlw trade would be in; predomin- . If 'the' commission, rs to: bo. appointed as reported,. I would respectfully: .suggest that, the farming community• be given large : representation on it."
Mr. E. Stuekojy son'of the well-known Hereford breeder, who recently sold out To Rangi.tumau .Station and went to; England, returned ,by the Athenic, and is going to «tart fanning 6t Mangaweka. . -
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 5
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181TIMBER INDUSTRY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 440, 24 February 1909, Page 5
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