FARM LABOURERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13714, 2 October 1908, Page 2

FARM LABOURERS.

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and Evans for the farmers, and by Mr Acland for the .sheep-owners. XtcdLss to say,- the i contest has involved us in very heavy expenses, totalling some. £1072 ICs 3d, tha reporting alone running into £402 Os lid. These expenses have all been borne by the farmers of Canterbury, who have defrayed all court costs and out-of-pocket, expenses to date. The Defence Committee, however, feels that it would be unthinkable to allow the occasion to pa;s without in some- way marking its sense of obligation to the gentle - men who have so ably borne the brunt, of the struggle. At a recent, meeting of the Defence Committee it was theie- ( fore resolved: —•"That, as •■ some recogw- j tion of the splendid >u'na s rendered to j the farming community of ISew Zealand by Messrs Jones and -Evans in the conduct of the larmers' case bejoie tuo Couciliaiion Board and the Arbitration Couit,. steps be taken to present these genuemtn with a national lestunoxiia 1; and that [lermicsion be sought from the. Dominion Executive of the .New Zealand Maimers CiiMin to utilise the machinery of the. union lor the purpose of bringing this niatur befe>re. the farmers., of New Zealand.'' That permission has been granted by the Dominion president' t-Mr )• C VYilson;, who, in his nolo of authorisation, cays:' " 1 readily agree to this, as I feel sure every member recognises the services rendered", and many would like to subscribe to a fund which may, hi some small way, show the high esteem every fanner m New Zealand has tor these gentlemen." In making this ap peal, we need scarcely remind members of the union and faimc:: generally that, although " the seat of wur," so to speak, has. been laid in Canurbmy, the struggle itself had more than a local significance. Had the decision been other than it was, although the Canterbury 'farmers would have been tho iirit to feel the effect of au award, the award would soon have been extended until every farmer in Now Zealand had been brought under iti exactions. What the results, would have been to the farming industry the farmers themselves can only • imagine. We are anxious that thi* matter should be completed by the end of the present year, and would "therefore respectfully suggest that your branch give the matter as prompt attention «s may bo practicable.