TOO MANY ATTRACTIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 187, 4 July 1919, Page 3

TOO MANY ATTRACTIONS.

f FARMERS' UNION DELEGATES I IN WELLINGTON. ] The waywardness of some of the country delegates in their attendance at the recent conference of the Farmers' Union at Wellington j through succumbing, to the fascina- ! ting distractions of the capital city ! came in for severe censure at the monthly meeting of the Manawatu ; Sub-Union of the New Zealand j Farmers' Union ~ (reports The : Dominion's . correspondent) The ! matter was broached, in the report jof t"he organiser (Mr Tancred | Cooper), who said a number of dele- ; gates appeared to look upon the j conference as a good holiday, to the ; neglect of the business. -The'report. ! added that with a few exceptions the Manawatu delegates were absolutely • the worst. Several members endorsed

i the organiser's remarks. The trouble : was that the junketing should have been held only after the business of I the i conference had been put through .in \i businesslike way. The way in i»which the conference was run was, largely to blame v for the ridicul6us position that arose. It was also . pointed out that-the bright lights; of city did not lead all the delegates away from the conference, a large number, including the Wairarapa delegates, sitting it right through. In hoping that the next conference would be more successful, because it was to be held in the country, [at ' Feilding, the president, Mr H. Vile, remarked: "I feel that Wellington is not the place for us to meet, as ; there are too many attractions. I ' don't wish to say anything discreditable towards our delegates, but some of them were /at least not in touch • with their work." . -■ . :