ROYAL SOCIETY.
CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. The annual conference of the Royal Agricultural Society of New Zealand will be opened in Wellington tomorrow afternoon by His Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe. There is some important business to discuss in relation to the Royal Show, which takes place in Hawke’s Bay in October. At the night session, an address is to be given by Mr W. D. Hunt on “Unemployment.” There is to bo a discussion on the wool industry, including a report of the Wool Committee, reduction in freights, re-
ports from the Massey and Lincoln Agricultural Colleges, and also the proposed establishment of a Wool Realisation Board. On Thursday, an address on noxious weeds will be given by Mr A. 11. 'Cockayne, Assistant DirectorGeenral of Agriculture, and another by Mr J. Snell on “Rural Intermediate Credit and How Farmers Can Take Advantage of It.” The 25 remits cover a wide range of subjects, including reciprocal trade within the Empire, land taxation to support the policy of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, a levy for wool research and advertising, the provision of a diploma for the science and practice of agriculture and the co-ordination of agricultural education for young people.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 24 June 1930, Page 6
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