TRIP TO ENGLAND

Grey River Argus, 1 March 1939, Page 12

TRIP TO ENGLAND

FARMERS’ UNION r REPRESENTATIVE PALMERSTON N., February 28. The suggestion to send a Farmers’ Union representative to England to| discuss problems with British farmers' was enthusiastically received as a< progressive and important step at the , Southern Hawke’s Bay provincial ex- > ecutive meeting. Explaining the pro-; posal, the president, Mr J. C. Bolton, said that not only would the repre-j sentative explain New Zealand’s position to the English farmers, but' would return with information on their outlook towards New Zealand. The import restrictions would be explained. There was no* suggestion of politics in the idea, but it was thought that the move would have a good psychological effect on any Government attitude to the Farmers’ Union. He thought the Dominion president Mr Mulholland, was the man for the trip. Mr Bolton added that as tho head of the National Farmers’ Union was also the British Minister of Agriculture, contact with high quarters would be valuable indeed, especially as New Zealand was the only colony *»W ( l|ich 'iegulated its shipments of primary produce, A motion supporting the project was carried as alsc was a proposal to advocate an Empire organisation of primary producers