FARM INDUSTRY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23489, 28 October 1939, Page 14

FARM INDUSTRY

SOCIALISATION THEEAT WARTIME LEGISLATION TARANAKI PROTEST MEETING [by telegraph—own correspondent] ; NEW. PLYMOUTH, Friday A mass meeting of South Taranaki farmers to protest against the sociali-i sation of the farming industry is to be held at Hawera by the South Taranaki executive of the Farmers' Union, according to a decision made at a meeting of the executive at Hawera. The decision was the outcome of an address by the president, Mr. W. A. Sheat, who criticised the action of the Government in making' wartime legislation permanent measures without consulting the farming community. "Some of the things put across the farming community under the guise of war legislation are shocking," stated Mr. Sheat. "At the beginning of the war we said we would put aside our differences in favour of the common cause. We were prepared to call a truce and under these circumstances I regard it as an act of treachery against the Farmers' Union to make war conditions permanent. I think the fanning community will have to take a stand and make it clear to the Government that this legislation is to be only for the duration of the war." Other members spoke in similar terms and Mr. J. S. Tosland expressed condemnation of the dairy price. At his suggestion it was decided to make an emphatic protest on the ground that tho price was inadequate to meet the increased costs of

HIGHER PRICE NEEDED WHATAWHATA RESOLUTION [from our own correspondent] HAMILTON, Friday Keen disappointment with what was described as a cut "in the guarantied price was expressed at a largelyattended meeting of the Whatawhata branch of the Fawners Union. Several present said it was impossible to increase production when the farmers had no surplus with which to pay for improvements. The meeting decided to support whatever action tho Dominion executive of tho union considered necessary to induce the Government to accede to the farmers' demands for a better price. MID-CANTERBURY VIEWS CONTROL BY GOVERNMENT _ V [by telegraph—press association] ASHBURTON; Friday The Mid-Canterbury Executive of the Farmers' Union has adopted resolutions that no local body be permitted to make a donation in excess of the amount permitted as unauthorised ex-r penditure, and that employees or local bodies enlisting be granted leave without pay while on service. The executive stressed the need fori a national register so that the full manpower of the country could b 0 utilised to the best advantage. Ihe union protests against the evasion by tho Government of the question as to how long the control of the, pastoral industry would last, and urge, a commahdeer the. same as last year. It is stated that the first resolution is aimed at forestalling local bodies being used by the Government as collecting agencies, while the third amounted to a°call for compulsory service in New Zealand and overseas.