Conference

Northern Advocate, 30 July 1949, Page 3

Conference

“The manner in which the business of the conference was conducted, and the general tone of the gathering was a credit to the association," said Mr D. G. Morrison on his return from the Dominion conference of NZRSA. “Members may rest assured that their affairs are ably handled by men who are- experts in their own particular spheres,’’ he continued. Mr Morrison was - ' also impressed with the manner in which the president (Sir Howard Kippenberger) handled the meeting. He just could not be bustled, he said. Men who served under him will understand that. Mr Morrison’s impression of the conference was that the bulk of the work of rehabilitation, from the RSA point of view, had been accomplished. While he was prepared to admit that some were not yet rehabilitated, he considered that some would always drift, and nothing could be done for them.

Farm rehabilitation was also in a better position than figures indicated, as all men who needed rehabilitation on a sheep farm had been settled, and those who were looking for a particular type of farm in any one district would be' able to look after themselves. The dairy position was not as bright on paper, as there was still a backlog of 6000 A-grade men requiring farms, but lists would still stand heavy culling as many of the men had been absorbed into other occupations, and would possibly never go on the land.