FARMERS' UNION.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14591, 29 April 1918, Page 8

FARMERS' UNION.

♦ At the meeting of the Farmers' Union on Saturday, the chairman declined to vote on the amendment, carried by four 1 to three, that the union merely "receive" a letter from the 'Stockbrokers' Association m regard to stock sales. Mr. Bridge said that the chairman should vote. — • The chairman : There is no need to exorcise it m this instance. — Mr. Bridge : You shonnld have done so. — The chairman : The matter is settled ; the amendmemV. is carried. The question is now, I ■ what is going to be -done with the^Qisbonie Farmers' Co-operative Coy's 'letter. , — Mr. Hensori moved, Mr. Marshall seconded and it was carried that the , Gisborne Farmers' Cooperative Com- 1 pany should be written to and thanked for concurring with the suggestion. — Mr Steele then said Mr. Bridge could move that the Association be further approached, but after some discussion he was overruled:" The following letter was received from the King Country Sub-Provincial district : — "'At a meeting of my executive held on April 2nd it was decided to try nnd arrange a conference of all delegates of the sub-provincial districts, who will be attending the annual meeting at Auckland on May 27th. The business of the meeting is to discuss general scheme of finance, adjusting sub-provin-cial districts. Therefore t have been instructed hv my executive to ask if your delegates could attsnd .a meting m the Union .rooms on May 27, at 10 a.m., which time and date has the approval of the Provincial secretary." — Messrs QJones, A. C. Steels, J. C. Field, and Watson were appointed. The following letter from the Te AraToa branch of the Union was received : At the last meeting we held, the matter of levy for the ensuing year was discussed, and it was resolved, "that subscriptions for the year be levied by head office for the whole pominion." Also that strong support be eiven to the Manutahi remit: — "That the Government be urged to buy- all meat on the hooks, and should this request not be acceded to by July, that a deputation of fanners from the whole Dominion wait upon the Government to urge the matter." The following resolution was also passed:— "That the Government be urged to intern all enemy K subjects throughout the Dominion and that their services be utilised upon useful Government works, at military. Tate of pay.'— "Received. Mr. J. C. Field said he was pleased to state that a most favorable report would be the outcome of the • experts' recent visit m regard to lime, although the weather conditions were most unfavorable. Mr. Fraser had granted permission to use the quarry for crushing purposes at a small charee. . The time had cam© for intense cultivation, and if it had not been for the Farmers' Union these matters would certainly not ' have been so well advanced. Other members spoke m eulogistic terms of the success of the movement. The Citizens' Defeno? Committee wrote pointing out that the contemplated sheep drive had been • postponed. — Mr. Bridge moved that regret be expressed that the drive had been put off just when all the arrangements were almost complette. — Mr. Field thought that when' the condition of roads improved the time would be more opportune, and there would be more prospect of success. Other members supported the Matter's contention, and it was decided to write to the committee m terms of his remarks.