Enthusiasm Marks End of Conference

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 672, 25 May 1929, Page 16

Enthusiasm Marks End of Conference

FARMERS’ REMITS VARIETY' OF DECISIONS Enthusiasm marked the « stages of the big conferenc""*] the Auckland provincial branch 0 ' the New Zealand Farmers' yesterday afternoon. Concluding speeches were n... by Messrs. A. A. Ross, the dent, H. H. Feisst and a a!' Wright. Mr. Ross was espeetaT complimented on his hardline2 the conference. A number remits was passed. A Bay of Islands suggestion the present land valuation should be replaced by a system , form to all State departments IT"' carried. Stringent enforcement of Noxious Weeds Act and steps bv ~ Government to keep Crown propen : clear was urged by Tauranga. n remit was carried. Tan eat u a asked for adequate o> pensation where farmers were canon to destroy shelter hedges thron other Interests. The remit was n ried. Tauranga asked that, when apnlir tions are made to the State Advaiw. Department for loans, applied should be furnished with copies I valuations made on behalf of the ipartment. The remit was carried That support should be gtTen tl principle of income taxation asasonn' ' and just means of raising revem when applied to the individual, tv remit was carried. Heavy traffic fees should be aboi olished, said a Tauranga remit j was carried. In local elections, facilities lor abse tee votes such as those in the genera' elections should be granted. The Taneatua remit was carried. Bay of Islands wanted pohtica' party funds to be subject to an and by a Supreme Court judge, and an assurance from those responsible the they are not contributed under prt mise or pledge of special legislatin' The remit was carried. The Meat and Dairy Control Boards should be approached with a view to uniting under one board to strengthen the position of fanner-' freezing industries against undue and outside influences. Opotiki sent this remit, which was referred to the «... cutive. Bay of Islands presented a remit seeking mobilisation of ali forces fa the event of New Zealand’s being fe. volved in war. A request was made for the immediate assigning of machinery for the purpose. The remit waa carried.