FARMERS IN CONFERENCE.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 4591, 17 May 1922, Page 4

FARMERS IN CONFERENCE.

REMITS CARRIED AT WANGANUI (Per Press Association.) AVanganui, May 16 ; The annual conference of tho AVel-lington-Wairarapa Farmers’ Union was opened to-day, Air IT. Morrison presiding over a largo attendance of delegates. Tho following remits were carried:— That the conference strongly protests against the unjust deduction of 4lb weight to make a reduction in their charges of handling wool, especially the charge of one farthing a pound for receiving, weighing, and lotting; that the inter-provincial conference be requested to give consideration to the matter of excessive _and other charges on wool; that the Government bale the wool called graft by the selling brokers; that the former arrangement of 14 days’ prompt with regard to the payments for wool sold be reverted to; that the AA’oolbrokers’ Association bo requested, and urged to bring down legislation to make stock and station firms liable for payment on sales of live stock made through them or their agents for forward delivery; and that an export board should be formed to represent every branch of the farming industry. Additional remits were carried as follows: (1) Urging the abolition of compulsory preference to unionists; (2) objecting to the Railway Department prohibiting its servants assisting to load cream cans: (3) Drawing the attention of tlio Railway Department to tho penalty imposed on New Zealand freezing works by the high freight on frozen meat compared with live stock; (5) Urging a reduction of railway freights. General complaint was made of damage done to crops by hares. It was pointed out that in some localities roafforestation was impossible owing to tho damage done to young trees, and it was said tho pest was •is bad as rabbit pest. It was decided to take steps to have the protection of hares removed.