FARMERS’ UNION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18974, 27 March 1924, Page 8

FARMERS’ UNION

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE. VARIOUS MATTERS DISCUSSED A meeting of the executive of the Wanganui Farmers’ Union was held yesterday. Mr. C. Smith presided in the absence of the president, Mr. Parsons. FINANCE. It was decided to recommend to branches that subscriptions should be increased by 2s 6d, and to recommend that, the Dominion executive should take a quarter share hi the proposed farmers’ paper. e WOOL SWEEPINGS. The Wanganui 'Woolbrokers’ Association wrote stating that there were no sweepings at local stores. The wool was weighed on being received and invoiced. Inspection ot the stores was invited. The letter was received. MAIN HIGHWAYS TAXATION. On a vote being taken six delegates voted in favour of a tyre tax, and one delegate supported a petrol tax. Mr. G. L. Marshall was present, and in reply to a question said it was proposed only to tax petrol used for motor traffic. Mr. Howie thought it would open the way to all sorts of corruption, as petrol might be purchased for one purpose and used for another. Mr. Marshall said the proposal was that a farmer would give an estimate of the amount of petrol he would use for farming purposes and that amount could be exempted from taxation. AFFORESTATION. A letter was received from the Forestry Department stating that they would continue to sell trees in lots of less than 1000, as it was felt that if the sale of lots of under 1000 was discontinued fully 90 per cent, of the buyers of trees would be affected.