THE FARMERS' UNION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2762, 20 February 1907, Page 8

THE FARMERS' UNION.

X meeting of the Otago., Provincial Exe- c ■fcutive of tno New« Zealand Farmers' Union /eras *eld at MessrSr Prainr Mitchell, and I Co. 's 'office on Thursday night, Mr R. Scott (president) .occupying- the chair. t £Pl>er<e was a. good afcipndanoe of members. „ j The ,Mjlion branch fo*ward«d a resolution J Jfcffn to (government veterinary p surgeons being available to farmers in r special cases where expert advice iraß -re- h quired, and it was decided to instruct -the- tl secretary to communicate with the Stock o •Department with the view of having w sanction given fo the veterinaries giving s< their scrvicee in euch ca,<?s. o It was resolved that the union approach p

Minister of Railways with the object o{ obtaining such a concession as will enable a free pass on the railways to be obtained by any deserving person meeting with an accident which necessitates his removal -to ! an hospital, a free pase also to be granted to anyone accompanying such injured person and atending him on the journey. i, It was decided to 00-operate with the , Ashburton branch in its endeavour to have portion of stock auctioneers' license fees allocated to the country districts instead of the whole sum as at present being paid to the town in which the licenses are taken out. Tho argument used in support of the proposed alteration is that the stock travel principally over the count ry roads, and not to any extent over the town roads, and, therefore, the central town should not have the whole of the money to the exclusion of the other local bodies in the same district.