FARMERS CONFER

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 637, 13 April 1929, Page 13

FARMERS CONFER

MEETING JN HAMILTON MANY REMITS PASSED (From Our Owot- Correspondent) HAMILTON, Friday. The continuation of the annual conference of the Waikato sub-provincial district of the Xew Zealand Farmers’ Union was held to-day, Mr. W. Lee Martin, M.P., presidingThe following remits were passed: “The Xew Zealand Produce Board should consist only of meoxibers elected by the dairy producers.” “The basis of the charges for rural telephones should be mateY'ially lowered.” “That primary producers be allowed to place evidence before the Arbitration Court during the hearing of any disputes having a clcxse bearing upon primary industry.” . “That the conference considers the basis awards of the Arbitration Court should be the cost of living of a. ,single man, plus a dependents’ allowance to be paid from a fund derived from employers by a payment a head cur all employees who come under the awards.” “That the proportion of State advances to urban suburban security be on the same lines as that applicable to rural security.”