CANTERBURY
At a meeting of the Ashburton branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union on. Saturday it was decided to ask the Government to allow the union to appoint, a fair percentage of members on the Royal Commission on the land question. Messrs Jones. Pannett, Leadley, Hall, and Bedford have been appointed to eive evid^n^*
before the Royal Qommission, and Messrs J. Lambie and C. Reid have-been appointed a local committee, to'^ract" with^Mr" G. W. lieadley, .and watch 'the proceedings 'if the ( commission should *sit in Ash'burton. ~ Mr J. G. Wilson "(president of the Ne,w_ Zea- j land Farmers' , Union) gave* -par t/eulars of ' the platform ~bf ; the ; Labour party," and pointed out the evils/ "that "would result from the^ general "adoption- of the "prin- j ciples of that' party. 1 . . A 1 discussion followed ; Dn ,i;he Jj'abour' party's platform, during . which "tKe " revaluation jjf leases .in per-- J petuity was debated, but no definite resolu- 1 tionon the -?übject was^ passed., " ' J
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Otago Witness, Issue 2652, 11 January 1905, Page 21
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