NURSERYMEN’S CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 16038, 24 January 1918, Page 6

NURSERYMEN’S CONFERENCE.

THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 23. At the Nurserymen’s Conference the following motion was carried; That the New Zealand Association of Nurserymen, in conference assembled, place on record their unabated faith in the righteousness arid justice of the cause for which the British,people and their allies are fighting, and their confidence in the final triumph of the principle of moral right over brute force and military despotism, and they hereby pledge themselves to assist tl\e Government to prosecute the. war to a'successful issue; and, further, they desire to place on record our thankfulness to Almighty God for the comparative success so far achieved, and for the peace and immunity from devastating ravages of war that have been,enjoyed by the Empire as a whole, and by this Dominion in particular. In-the course of his address to the conference, the Hon. AV. D. S. Macdonald, referring to the great advance <sf the fruit industry, said that at present the markets, were affected, owing to jthe want of shipping facilities, hut the introduction of adequate cool storage would solve many problems inside the Dominion. The industry Trad increased, by leaps and bounds, and it promised to be a source of great wealth to the country when conditions became normal again. The President, in his address, strongly urged nurserymen to pay attention to ,the propagation of native trees, as New Zealand had one of the finest floras in the world.

Officers were elected at follows: —President, T. AVaugh (AVellington); vicepresidents, D. A. Hay (North Island) and A. AV T , Buxton (South Island); secretary and treasurer* G A.-Green; committees, G. J. M‘Kay, A. M‘Donaid and AA*. S, Johnston (for the North Island), G. AV. Ivory, ,J. Millichamp and AV. L. Grant (for the South Island). / —■ - — ==r=