FARMERS’ UNION

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 May 1938, Page 7

FARMERS’ UNION

I CONFERENCE DECISIONS. 1 j (PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON. May 25. The annual interprovincial conference of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, which opened in Wellington on Tuesday, concluded to-day. In a remit, from Bulls, which was ; adopted by the conference, the attention of the Minister for Public. Works was drawn to the fact. that, farm labourers are still being absorbed into public works by the simple process of leaving farm work and registering as unemployed. The conference, adopting a. Westmere remit, requested the Government seriously to consider reducing the public works programme at. such times as the fanners required labour for seasonal work. The following resolution was carried: —“That in compiling the returns of income for taxation purposes the loss sustained in one year should be allowed to be set off against the income in the succeeding three years for all taxation purposes, and that in returns of income from farm sources loses by fire, flood or other cataclysm of Nature or disease be allowed as a deduction from the gross income.” The resolution added that, the recent Hawke's Bay flood and facial eczema outbreak in Waikato were striking evidences of the justice of the request. Other remits adopted included: — ‘•’['hat the Government be requested to enact legislation enabling electric power boards and the Public Works Department to provide an insurance fund io meet claims for compensation arising from the loss of live slack caused through breaks or faults in power lines." (Featherston.) ,

“Thai, this conference heartily endorses the statement, of the Dominion president (Mr. W. W. Mulholland) on ihe subject of the- Government’s proposed national health insurance scheme.” (Wellington Central Provincial executive).

"That this conference strongly protests against the proposed legislation curtailing freezing companies from conducting retail butcher shops as they have done in the past." (Marton.) "That the Government, be asked to support, apprentices for the farrier and ether similar trades." (Bulls). "That a protest be made against, a Saturday half-holiday being made compulsory." (Taihape.) “That the whole motor and petrol rax be utilised for reading purposes.” (. Wairarapa provincial executive).