FARMERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 560, 15 July 1909, Page 8

FARMERS' UNION.

MEETINGS IN T-ARANAKi ;

At a meeting of the Eltham. executive of the, Farmers' Union: on v Saturday,.:thp, circular on' trades unionism;.published:-in yes-, terday's Dominion,--was. referred'' to a.full meeting, of tho-' branch. for : ; discussioii;; ' At "a mooting held at' Tokoon. presided oyer by Mr. E. Marfellj tho Taranaki. provincial organiser pof; the : Farmers;' Union (Mr. J. ,B. Sim) gayo an address in advocacy . of thpi establishment .of':a branch, of'the union at.Toko. In "outlining;'the "use-' fulness of the union, ho said 'it had been instrumental in' a distinct saving in, the: rates of firo insurance, and-had been x w'6rk 7 ing toward securing better .educationj reduction in the cost of manures;: the abolition of the sheep taxi freehold tenure as applied to Crown lands, the improvement,of .dairy, herds, the opening up of .Native iands for settlement, 'and.tuo rating of' : them, tho free ■'■'carriage', of agricultural limo on/ tho .railways, the carrying out by the, Government of manuring experiments, compensation for condemned stock, the. of co-operative freezing works, dairy factories, and sheep-dipping yards, tho furtherance of agricultural education, ete. Many of _ the aims of the union had-.only.- been partiallyrealised, and there was consequently a wide field for its activity; - The following motion was. carried unani-, mously :—"That a branch of the union be formed,, and that Messrs. E. Marfell, W. H. Were, Lees, D. Maxwell, It. Bennio, S. Gadsby, and Finchambe a committee, to canvass for members, tho mooting to adjourn tilLSaturday, July 24." . ■':;■'..-