SHEEPOWNERS' UNION
PEOPOSED FEDERATION.
(M THLBGP.APH.—PRE3S ASSOCIATION.)
CHRISTCHURCH, 10th Aug.
At a meeting of the Canterbury Sheepowners' Union, the chairman (Mr. L. Rutherford) said the talk of trusts was ridiculous, and the Government should, at once, issue a license to Armour and Co. He favoured the'setting up. of a Government shipping board, and said he was confident that, had not a mistake been made, they would have received £30,000,000 more for the wool dip* ommandeered than they did. The'sheep flocks in Canterbury were deteriorating, and it was extremely necessary for breeders to taka strict oare in their selection of rams. A resolution was passed that it he a recommendation to delegates attending the next annual meeting of the Sheepowners' Federation Council to support a, proposal to federate the existing farmers' organisations.
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Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 36, 11 August 1921, Page 7
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