MEETING, Etc

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1925, Page 7

MEETING, Etc

GREY FARMERS’ UNION. • • .<<••• The ordinary meeting of the Grey Valley branch of the N.Z. Farmers’. Union was f held' in th'6 -. Wawheraiti Schoolroom. The President, Mr W. Clayton, .presided oyer a; record -attehd- ' ance of 2. ‘ . , • • ; A.letter , was received 'h’t.m. ,'Mr Dal-' '■ gliesh.’r® the school, for iariners, stating that. this, year i't 'was to be a • travelling school'; It.“ivas.'decided bn the motion. ;Messrs; Claytbh, .and Mhrsden that, a-deniohstratidn and lee. ‘ tures be given at the Waiinaunga Ex-' '■ perimentai’Farm, and the lectures be given ,in the :Tptar(i; Flat Hall in the evening bn ,the .following subjects : — (lj Dairy stock and speying, ;■ (2) X-ayilig 'down pastures; (3) pigs’; (4) draining. The Union 'would again like, tp hear''Mr. Kerrigan lecture dii diseases in dairy stock, Mr Gorring on pigs, Mr Levy on -pastures, and Mr -.Ward mi draining, ; ’ : The Dairy Control Board, Was cussed at length, and the l '' Chairman’s ; action endorsed, ih writing ,Mr Grounds asking -him to visit the Coast

and. speak, ih the various (jeiitihs,- • Mt. was resolved that the Secretary write to the Minister of Public Works re,the level crossing.at MaWhetaiti,.'' Mr Clayton moved and Mr seconded that <a letter of .appreciation be f forwarded , to Mr , Gillies,... late Public l/orks engineer at> Greymouth, thanking him for, his past services, and also for the manner in which he carried, out all, work the Union brought under his notice... - -,'' i ■ ■ It was resolved that the Secretary write the Inangahua County, asking that.access be given to Mr J. Somerville, r and that .a. footbridge be placed oyer Rough and ..Tumble. Creek,, Mr > Somerville , offering to provide timller and to give assistance, with the 'work, A letter was received ’from, Mr G. T,, > Moss-re the Tb.tatai.T'lat It was resolved that,a special .meeting of the Union bo held on Thursday night ,to .deal with the matter. . Mr Clayton moved and Mr A/,Doig seconded that a. letter, of sympathy be forwarded, Mrs Massey, ■Mr Massey’s illness, and hoping that lie would soon be restored to good health • ■ . reefton Progress, league ' ...I ,'' •v«i tri ' 'p ■ ' (Out Own Correspondent.).