FARMERS' UNION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21054, 17 June 1930, Page 7

FARMERS' UNION.

THE DOMINION EXECUTIVE. • IMPORTANT REMITS PASSED. (Per United Frees Association. 1 WELLINGTON, June IC. The Dominion Executive of the New Zealand Fanners’ Union met in Wellington to-day, Mr W. J, Poison, M.P., presiding over an attendance of aboiit'3o members. The' following remit was submitted by the Southland Association:—“ That ■ this conference recommends to the Board of Agriculture for its fullest considera-. tion a scheme for the provision of a more adequate veterinary service for live stock owners in New Zealand, as outlined by Mr William Pierson, which provides for the appointment of fully qualified Veterinarians,, their service to tie available at the usual fee to all who agree ■ to contribute the specified levies; salaries to be guaranteed up to fIOOO.’. I —-Dr C. J. Reakes said that the scheme was that suppliers should pay 2s Gd a cOw per annum ■ into a veterinary fund, to be deducted from'their milk cheques.—Me P. J. Small (Palmerston North) moved that the matter be ' held over for 12 months.—Mr J.,-' Fultou (Pelorous) seconded the motion, which was- defeated.—lt was decided tp forward the remit to the Board of Agriculture. A Nelson remit asked the executive to make further representations to have the fireblight legislation amended and that the support of the fruitgrowers’ conference be sought.—A delegate expressed the view that it would he a monstrous injustice to compel a man to remove ‘all the hedges affected on■ his property.—The remit was carried. v The following remit was agreed to without discussion;—“That this conference considera that the time has arrived when an emphatic protest should be lodged against the growing list of questions farmers are expected -to answer in the compilation of agricultural and pastoral statistics, and" considers further that a great many of the questions cannot, serve_ any useful purpose, even if- it ' were , possible to give substantially correct answers.”- ‘ The executive agreed to two remits concerning the pork industry, one urging that the Department of Agriculture should give more attention to the bacon and pork industry and furnish producers with all information which will assist to increase the industry-with profit to the Dominion. The other remit urged that the department be,requested to pro-- v vide for the reinstatement of the pork ' subsidy. , The executive decided, on the recommendation of the South Taranaki Union, to protest against the continual changing of school : books, urging, that all 1 school books should be standardised and be made available at the lowest possible' ■ price. . ' When a remit was brought .forward objecting to the proposed change in- the summer vacation a delegate proposedthat it be referred to the conference for consideration, and this was agreed, to. n v Ah Auckland remit that the arrangement for financing the conveyance of children to'school by vehicular or launch ‘ transport be applied also to horse riding was carried. ’ ~ ' ' ■ A resolution, was carried that any in- ° crease of wages of any description should be opposed, as the cost of living had materially decreased.. . The Wanganui branch recommended ■ that the New Zealand Farmers’ Union oppose the six-day Week for dairy factory employees.—A delegate said that when another award was. made it would probably be granted.—Another delegate 1 said it would cost some lactones £250 a year.—The remit was carried., . The number of motor accidents occurring almost daily was brought forward.. —-A motion that the union" considered’ that steps should be taken to educate motorists as to what are' the principal . rules of the road and that some of the most important r be inserted in the driver’s license was carried.—Mr 'B. Dalrymple said the rules must be reason-* able ones;—lt was decided to make re- ' presentations to the Automobile Association on the lines suggested. ■