PROBLEMS OF FARMERS
WANGANUI CONFERENCE DISSATISFIED WITH CONDITIONS SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. A mass meeting of North Island farmers here to-night reviewed the influences adverse to the prosperity of the prim* ary producer. The big attendance in' eluded farmers from nil North Island provinces, while among ttie speakers were Mr. W. J. Polson, president of ths New Zealand Farmers’ Union, Sir Andrew Russell (Hastings), Messrs. A Stewart (Marton), W. Perry (Masterton), John Cobbe (Feilding), W. B, Mathieson (Eketahuna), J. Vickerl (Taranaki), C. K. Wilson (Piopio), W. Morrison (Wanganui). Resolutions were passed calling foj the abolition of the Arbitration Court, the establishment of the system of rural credits as recommended by the Royal Commission, the extension of overseas markets for Dominion produce and economy in public expenditure to allow of reduced taxation. Several Parliamentarians were present as well as the Hon. O. J. Hawken, Minister of Agriculture, and the Hon. A. D. McLeod, Minister of Lands, neither of whom took any active part in the proceedings. The tone of the meeting was one ol extreme dissatisfaction with the present position of the farmers. Similar rallies arc to be held in other centres. ■ 1 ..'.."."-A
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Taranaki Daily News, 10 December 1926, Page 9
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