FARMERS ORGANISING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19143, 8 October 1925, Page 10

FARMERS ORGANISING.

LABOUK FOR THE SHIPS, "WILL BE FORTHCOMING." THE SEAMEN ASHORE. SOUTHERN UNIONS' GRIEVANCE. [l3l' TELEGRAPH. —i-RESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Wedne aft a y From all parts of the Dominion. Farmers' Union blanches have pledged themselves to support any action taken to defeat the aims of the strikers and get the ships away. Mr. W. B. Matheson, acting-president of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, aasd to-day: " There is not sufficient labour to get the produce away, but the Farmers' Union, with other producers' organisations, will see that the labour is available. There are ships in port here nearly fully loaded, and when loading operations are complete the men required to get the ships away will be forthcoming " It is reported that the strikers, who have had free meals and accommodation provided for them, have been working quietly ashore and earning £3 to £4 a week. The unions recalled them, bat the union members who nave been paying the levy are very sore about it. The Wellington Provincial Farmers' Union has docided to summon meetings throughout the district, to deal with the strike situation. There has been a good response in Wruv ngarei to a call from the Dairy Company for volunteers to take produce cargoes to the Home markets. A number have already forwarded their nanus as volunteers "and more applications are still coming in, mostly from country people. Some of them have had seafaring experience formerly. So far there have been none rnerelv wanting to return to England, and it is a" stipulation that all volunteers shall agree to return to New Zealand. The response to an invitation to man ■ships if required has been good in tiie Northern Wairoa district. The manager of the Northern Wairoa Dairy Factory to date has received 60 definite applications, with another 60 offered to go if their services are urgently required. Ihe men who have offered a,re mostly men who 'hava had experience at sea in some capacity. t Similar sunport is maicated from messages received from all parts of the Dominion. _________