DAIRY CONTROL "TICKET."

Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1426, 13 November 1923, Page 5

DAIRY CONTROL "TICKET."

MANAWATU FABMEKS> UNION

OPINION.

"DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT."

At the monthly meeting of the Manawatu Provincial Executive of the New Zealand Farmers' Union held at Palmerston North last Saturday a fairly lengthy discussion took place on the matter of the dairy, control ticket. Mr H. Bond moved that the ward system be advocated for the election of members on the Dairy Control Board.

Mr Atkins moved and Mr Hubbard seconded, that the remit be accepted and sent on to all the branches for their consideration. —Carried. The chairman stated that it depended very largely upon what men were elected whether the thing would be a success or a failure. Mr Bond: "We don't want anything to do with it." The chairman: That is not the way to look at it.

Mr Schrieber expressed dissatisfaction with Mr Dairymple. He felt confident that if there was not to be a better Control Board the future was not very bright. The chairman: Don't damn the

thing yet. Mr Hubbard expressed the opinion that those who instigated the ticket nominated the best men they knew. He would not say, not being in a position to do so, whether or,not these men were acceptable. The ticket had no influence on producers as to for whom they were going to vote. The candidates should approach the producers in the Wairarapa, where they were not known. How were men to know the value of that ticket? He thought that Mr Grounds knew what he was talking about. Mr Bond interrupted with an expression of a contrary opinion. Continuing, the speaker stated that the position absolutely depended on the personnel of the ticket—of the capabilities of the men on the Board of Control. The chairman remarked that the ticket should never have been picked until all the nominations were in. Mr Hubbard remarked that things had been done over their heads. If any hint had been given at the last meeting they could have picked men for nomination. He did not think it wise now, as a Union, to criticise the personnel of the ticket. It was only beating the air. He expressed the opinion that the ticket should not have been made without first consulting the producers. Mr Bond said that with the fight the Dairy Farmers' Union had put up they deserved one man on the Board.

Mr Atkins: "W»j are speaking ahead of ourselves." He stated that with ordinary courtesy the districts should have been c msulted before the election of a ticker. Pie moved: "That this provincial executive expresses dissatisfaction with the Dominion executive in the manner of nomination of candidates for the Dairy Control Board, and contends that provincial districts should have been consulted with the object of receiving from them recommendations of suitable men before finally choosing a ticket, and respectfully suggests that, without reflection, the choice already made be held in abeyance pending final nominations."

This was seconded by Mr Hubbard, and carried, Mr Bond's being the only dissenting voice.