FARMERS' UNION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 133, 28 July 1911, Page 5

FARMERS ' UNION.

FURTHER RESOLUTIONS

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, July 27

The Fanners’ Union Conference today passed resolutions as follows: That the conference strongly objects to the imposition of export duty on hides and greasy wool. That the engineering trade should receive no more protection by way of tariff. That in view of the scarcity of farm labour, the conference approves the introduction of .suitable youths under careful selection from Great Britain. That all tablet stations he connected by telephone with the nearest post office, so that settlers can receive the earliest intimation of the arrival of goods, the telephone to be available to the public. That the system of charging extra rail freight on imported goods and timber should ho abolished. That this conference enters an emphatic protest against the system now in vogue on New Zealand railways whereby two or more farmers taking stock (rams for instance) from one station to any one deviation cannot combine together to hire a truck or trucks and send them as one consignment, and would urge the Dominion executive to bring the matter to the notice of the Minister for Railways for his favourable consideration.

That the Government be urged to give ;f better supply of trucks for fat stock during the months of December. January, February, and March.

That the railway authorities be requested to give the exact and correct weight of all produce conveyed, and users will be prepared to pay higher charges for same if necessary. That as there has been great loss and inconvenience again this season through the scarcity of grain trucks, the Minister of Railways he again urged to provide a large increase in the number to be available for mxt season, as well as covers. That the Minister of Railway* he urged to reduce the charge of £25 per annum for private sidings and erection of sheds there to a nominal sum. That a better system be adopted in the construction of yards end trucks for loading and discharging sheep, and ah sheep trucks should ho b'ltt; nod, and that in future all now trucks should have end-on means of ci. run’unication with eavli other load n’g sheep. • That where roads and G.-cks a■ o cat ducu h bush land the Go\« aimout or local body in charge o* the wo! K sha ! l cause the • .nul lino to Le sown will. l good clean glass said <o prevent t c spread of weeds, and as an assistance to travelling stock. That all telephone charges be the same, in each postal district, irrespective of distance.

That the Farmers’ Uni-n urges that country exchanges and telephone bureaux be open between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m., and, in the case of country telephones, that lines bo connected with the nearest doctor, hospital, or chemist when required. That reduction be made to telephone subscribers in cases where more than one subscriber is using the same wire. That experimental farms cr experimental plot be established in other districts in the South Island m view of the diversity of dim wig co: ditiens.

That in view of the great difficulty in obtaining servants in tiro country, the Government be urge*' to adopt a scheme for bringing out suitable femade servants.