FARMERS AND POLITICS
POSITION OF MR. POLSON WEST COAST CRITICISM Inv TKIiKCHAI'H HtKNS ASSOCIATION f <; RKYMOUTH, Fridiiy The West Coast, Farmers' Union, at its annual conference to-day, lengthily discussed two remits regarding the political activities of the Dominion president, Mr. W. J. Poison, M.P., and unanimously adopted the following remit: —"That the conference takes exception to the president of the New Zealand Farmers' Union with regard to party politics in union affairs; also that 110 member of Parliament is deemed eligible for Dominion president." It was also resolved to recommend the Government that in framing the guaranteed price plan it should see that factories having considerable expense in sending butter to the grading stores should be not penalised. it was decided to oppose the Hon. I l '. Waito's proposal to permit tho Dominion president on retirement to remain in the Dominion executive.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22444, 13 June 1936, Page 12
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