FARMERS’ PROTESTS
SOUTHLAND ANNUAL CONFERENCE. NARROW MONETARY PLAN. VOTE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Invercargill, Last Night. The annual provincial conference of the Farmers’ Union was held to-day and' will be continued to-morrow. The opening ceremony was performed by the Dominion president, >Mr. W. J. Polson, M.P., who also delivered an address in the afternoon. , Remits were carried supporting other organisations in a. protest ■ against the Government's action in diverting the funds of the Highways Board to uses other than reading and demanding that all special taxation levied for reading and maintenance purposes should—be used for such purpose only, and urging a substantial reduction in the railage charge on cheese. The monetary system was discussed on a remit urging the union to call upon the Government to concentrate in cooperation with the Governments of the Empire upon finding a monetary system which would enable the people of the world to enjoy the vast abundance which technological improvements had made available, but the remit was lost by 27 to 26.
Mr. George Hamilton was elected president. / ■
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1935, Page 7
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