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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14874, 24 September 1918, Page 2

(From our own Correspondents.)

MOUTERE FRUITGROWERS'

ASSOCIATION

At the moo thly meeting of the Moo-" tere Fruitgrowers' Association, held at i the Jubilee Hall, Lower Moutere^ on Wednesday last, Wr R. 1\ Hudson, M.P , occupied the chair. ; After the minutes am 1 some corres- '. pondencc had been read the clxairman ; brought up the subject of the future J work oi the association, ;and the advisability or otherwise of admitting members from other parts of the district. After a lengthy discussion, in which t<o\eral resolutions were put to the : meeting and lust, the following motion, " j moved by Mr Hudson iind seconded by [Mr A. Herrick, was carried unanhnous- . Iv: ''That the committee of manage ■ ment have power, in connection with all ■ , future new members of the association, of deciding whether such members shall lor shall not be included with those whose l'i'jit receives .preference in ■ handling " Tlie effect of this motion | will be that now members will receive j tlie benefit of tho society 7s trading acItivitieß m the way of obtaining their I spraying materials, etc., but new mem- ; hers nt a distance roust not expect to have their fruit hancUcd by the associaI After some discussion on the question of the disposal of next season's crop, the following resolution moved by Mr L. Mackay and seconded by Mr ■ G. Cooper j was earned: "That this 'meeting, of fruitgrowers views with alarm the possibility of the evaporating factory :\t Port Motuekn being closed down," ?nd would respectfully point out 10 the Government that any steps to prepare for the coming season must be tafcen at once, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Minister for Agriculture, accompanied by a 'i letter emphasising the gravity of the ■ situation." Tfc was also re^ohed, on the motion of Mr A. Herrick, reconded by Mr G. Cooper: "That his Worship ; the Mayor of -Motueka be requested to | eal! a pablic meeting in Motueka to conI sider tho future "of the evaporation of j apples in tins district." At tbc> request of the chairman, Mr Hyde, Government Orchard Instructor, who was present, then gave some, valuable information regarding spraying , matters, and replied to a, number of '.question's on the same subject. The I meeting came to a close at about 10 p.m. . I The committee 'would be pleased to - i see those monthly, meetiiigs, which are j open to the public, better attended tlian -:• they are at present. /