SOLDIER SETTLERS

Southland Times, Issue 19656, 5 October 1922, Page 7

SOLDIER SETTLERS

FARMERS’ UNION’S OFFER.’ AN IMPORTANT STEP. An arrangement has been made by the Farmers’ Union with the Returned Soldiers’ Association to appoint two prominent and experienced members of the Union as honorary advisers in connection with the settlement of returned soldiers upon the land. Their duties will be to visit soldier settlers, observe and advise upon their method of farming, advise them about the purchase of seed, implements, manure, stock, etc., inform them concerning farming matters about which they may be ignorant, and generally .keep an eye on their operations with a view to assisting them. The selection of two members is meant to allow of one being available in the event of the other not being so. In a letter to the provincial president on the matter, the Dominion president (Mr W. J. Polson) remarks that this is a post of honour, one which it should (and no doubt will) be regarded as a privilege to hold, and one which our farmers will not regard it as any sacrifice to fill. It is proposed to gel the R.S.A. to acquaint all soldier settlers with what has been done so that full advantage may be taken of the offer. Provinces are also asked to consult with the R. 5.4. as to the districts in each province in which these honorary advisers Should most conveniently be located. The president concludes: “1 am personally asking you to make a very strong point of this matter with your executive in order that it may be. done in a manner which will be creditable to the Farmers’ Union and satisfactory to the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Please spare no pains.”