FARMERS UNION CONFERENCE
«. . TARIFF REVISION. [DT TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION*.]
Chkistcbukch, Friday. The annual provincial conference, of the North Canterbury Farmers' Union concluded to-day, when the following motions were adopted :—■ " That owing to the present grain statistics being very unreliable, the Government bo requested to compel every threshing machine in New Zealand to send 'in tallies of grain threshed." "That, with a view of fostering.closer relations with the Homeland, this branch is strongly of opinion that in any revision of the New Zealand tariff the question of preference should always take a foremost position." Invercargiu, Friday. The provincial council, of the Farmers' Union met to-day. Resolutions wore passed strqngly opposing the revision of the tariff, supporting a graduated scale of subsidies by the Government to local bodies in lieu of grants, and strongly protesting against an. increase in the duty on farm implement.*. It was also resolved "That it is desirable that the Government should offer greater assistance to immigrant agricultural labour- • ers, and that a Poultry Committee bo gets up to watch tho progress of tariff revision in the interests of tho farmers."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13187, 26 May 1906, Page 4
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