AGAINST DIRECT ACTION

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 265, 9 November 1945, Page 3

AGAINST DIRECT ACTION

FARMERS’ UNION EXECUTIVE “This executive deplores the advocacy of direct action to obtain relief for the farmers of the Dominion, and strongly implores Federated Farmers to use every endeavour to adopt constitutional methods when protesting against innovations considered to be inimical to the interests of farmers.” The above resolution was carried at the final meeting of the Wanganui provincial executive of the Farmers’ Union after a d.scussion. Mr. T. , Currie, Brunswick, presided, and moved that the funds of the union should be transferred to the new organisat on, Federated Farmers of : New Zealand. This was agreed to. Mr. Currie said that the new organisation would bring all farmers into one camp, and he would do all he < could to make the new body a success. ; Tributes to the services rendered by : the president, Mr. Currie, the secre- ; tary, Mr. A. R. Donaldson, and the honorary treasurer, Mr. C. Smith, ; were paid. Mr. Smith was elect-1 ed a provincial life member of ’ the Farmers’ Union in recognition of his services. ] CONCERTED ACTION BY FARMERS DISLOCATION OF SERVICES t NOT INTENDED 1 (P.A.) Wellington, Nov. 7. Though the House of Representatives has approved the abolition of the country quota, the farmers’ war witn ; the Government over the issue is to continue. Plans for concerted action ] by farmers throughout the country < were laid at a meeting of the Do- < minion executive of the Farmers’ Union this afternoon. They will be communicated at once to all branches. “If the Government docs not change I its attitude in the matter then we have ' plans for action,” said the Dominion president. Mr. W. W. Mulholland, after the conference. “We cannot declare at this stage what that action will be,” he said, “but I can give an assurance that there will be no immediate dislocation of services ' to the public. We certainly hope how- j ever, that if it is necessary to take the action we plan it will greatly discom- . fort the Government. In fact, we ' know that it will.” 1 ‘ Mr. Mulholland said that a fund of £250,000 was being established. An i auspicious start had been made and he had no doubt about the raising of the ■ total amount. This fund was for pur-'' poses linked to the farmers’ plan. 1 ’ GOVERNMENT SUPPORTED The following resolution was passed!, unanimously at a meeting of the Wan-| ■ ganui East branch of the New Zealand Labour Party: “That this branch I ; wholeheartedly agrees with the prin-L ciple of one vote one value, and we '■ congratulate the Government on the 1 passing of this measure.”