DAIRY LEGISLATION
WHAKAPARA PROTEST. A meeting of dairy farmers was. held at Whakapara Hall on Monday to discuss the proposed dairy legislation. Mr L. Williams, of Towai, was elected to the chair, and Mr E. F. Brown appointed secretary. After discussion the following.resolution was unanimously carried: “That a telegram be sent to the Minister of Agriculture, stating that this meeting of dairy farmers request that the Agricultural Emergency Powers Bill be. withdrawn, until the industry has considered 1 . it.” It was also resolved: “That in the event of the bill being passed, that the Farmers’ Union be requested tocall a meeting of all farmers to discuss ways and means of preventing the” unjust clauses of the bill being brought into operation.” This also was carried unanimously. A petition to the Hikurangi Dairy Company directors to call an extraordinary meeting to discuss the bill as it affects the farmers was also supported.
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Northern Advocate, 12 November 1934, Page 7
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