STRATFORD NEWS.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12862, 22 May 1905, Page 6

STRATFORD NEWS.

(From Our Resident Agenf.)

Hay ID.— The platform of tho Farmers' Union is one of nrany 'plauks and at the Conference on Wad'ncw'day all tin 1 old pi auks were oyorhaAiled iiiid soveral new ernes added. The delegates silt the clock rounid antd t'ha \\«>n;der i< how they managed to settle .so rna'ny diillicult qiiest'ioiis in the time. Anthrax germs and (Qnvcr'nnicnt sterilisation of imported 'bo'nos ; reiiirroction of the old defcrre*d [payment system of svttlinio- Crown lanfcls ; option of freehold for Crown trmanls and re^triiction of area ; option of freehold for ue-iu e-i Toast Settlements Native KtiserA es' lessees ainl flu i lid ing tliu ])roeeeds of sale for the bejieiit of tlhe Maoris ; no e.\le.n>io'ji vi Parliamentary franchise to looal boidy affairs ; («\(>mption from Laui'd To'v in r.'s'pect of en'lm'nced value of lanKl ( a'used by im[)roVement of roads ; local assessors tt> assist CJo^ri'ivuuMit Aaluers; exteiKlnd and more ecj'uitaljle d"fiiution of improvements TiiKl< v r the \ aluation Act ; equal rating of !Nati,ve and iMirop'-uu hin'd< ; more e/vpeditioiiH roafliii'; of the back-blocks ; Cioveinnunt to localities to )u)

I- upemk'd i>.\ I lie local lx«di»»K ; r^dlucinUL in tin 1 co-t of (iovornmcut* nivd Hieuli'iilallx picinbers' salaries ; nxUictio'n of Custom* (hilie^ t<o b*' made a test <m« cslidii at t!i>' election; railway ovCnr-itM '. : t*s in. whiter for foiuri'nn funiK ;•-. ; tin iiiejlncioncy of the Xo-xiaws A\eeds inspei-t'ion ; the avferen(lum ami the sV.ripprcissi(yn of Par haniciuaj;. eanclklatcs who s"u^i>ort tlv i same : incrcasml capit-atioSi all'owa'nce.s lo school committees; the iniquity of til I.*1 .* [>;-o])'v:cd "sccouij 'ballot" s\stcm of election ; the ur^Jiit jiinc-e^sily for the e«tabJisihm( J nt of an (^porini(intal dairy in ei"itral 'IW'a'iiiaki : She cost of liospitul amd cbaritaljle aid to ho transferred from local Ik^clies to tho oenei - al (ioveiinmmt ; the | coinsoiklaticjn of loans .uinldnr Gt^ r ( vrnmeut i.oaai.s to Local BotHe-s Act ; ('uvcnimi'ii! veteninary ."-'urgeons : Union (■aJidi'dai« % s for ParliainoW't ; Ohe Fire- Insurance Rill : t/ius cmifarccment of the residential claliis-c in j C^own leases : free railway passes for L'uion di'leoatcs ; teachhig of ag"rictnltiu'e in country schools ; the •degvinc-i-aiion of Taranaki catllu. All these slu'bjoi'ts, and more, were moro or less thoraiiLjlily dis-cussctlj — a Garg^antUiaJi f.-ast indeed. AN inter has set in in grim earnest with a Uesporate-lyi cold and wet wind fr<jm the so\nt'h. The dairy factories will soou be 'htilbiornatStratford j'oolball must be ia thej H'-iconda'iit. Yesterday oriir Ist, 2rid arA 3i?d teams all scored \ic(iories oVer tlieir suveral (*]>pouents, C'lifti^n, J'li'ylew oad a.i»d 'J^ukjwja.