APPBECIATION AT FEILDING.
.'. - ' ■ .. FEILDING, Friday. ', . A guinea subscription fund was . opened in the Feilding "Star" office this afternoon at the request of representative farmers as a means of showing appreciation of the successful efforts 1 of; the farmers of Canterbury •in opposing tho demands of .the Farm Labourers' Union. Within a short time -.eleven farmers from Feilding, ' Cheltenham, Waituna, Bulls, Aorangi. ' Makano,''.Awa;hura 1 and Kiwitea had contributed "a. guinea each. The or- . ganisers of "the fund also intend the movement to be an expression of confidence in the Arbitration Court's attitude towards the agricultural and pastoral interests. Tho contributors feel ifchat-it ds only fair that the farmers of the whole Dominion should recbgnise that the farmers of Canterbury, by so sturdily contesting the ' demands of the- Farm Labourers' Union, really saved every farmer much expense. It is intended to communicate with Messvs David Jones and Ackland. TO-DAY'S CABLES.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 September 1908, Page 3
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148APPBECIATION AT FEILDING. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 12 September 1908, Page 3
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