WAIKATO FRUITGROWERS ASSOCIATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3345, 5 December 1893, Page 3

WAIKATO FRUITGROWERS ASSOCIATION.

A WELLiAITENDED 1 meeting of the 1 -member ' of > the; Waikatn/lVuikehiwers' 'Koiation! ; was hfeld'oil Tuesday l^t : in ! Mr'pelariey's hall,' Ohaupo.; Fruitgrowers^ ' from I 'nearly! everypartof the Waikato'were yresent. ' i ' Ppesidbnt'sßeport;—The ; Preßident,i\lr' J6h'ns,<reported that 'when in 'Auckland ,'at ! the'sh'o'w'Heh'ad attended the Conference held on the 16tb n November., He was of opinion that sucH a central übionbl' fruitgiowers was capable'of much 'good anil would, if Irightly cbnducterJ,'areatly help the fruit industry, yet he counselled cautioivbefore affiliating therewith.',. W=;i■. v •,'.■:.«.;.'! ; • : Fruit; .Carriage ho- .Auckland. 1 -Tin President -stated ihe! had; communicated;,, .withji.Mr.'! Hudson,; the railway, traffic, manager,, on;the -matter"of through carriage for .fruit. ! At present fruit did not arrive in Auckland till late at night and it was not received 1 by, the salesmen till 10.olclock.-i next; morning. m This.gave little time; to>. classify, and catalogue-it ready for more than an hour-and the fruit was; often roughly handled andibadly assorted in ;cqn'sequence, ;as- the storemen had no time-to handle carefully. 1 ?. (Since the meeting Mr*.Hudson, had, replied 'that all fruit .from South of Franktonjunction would betaken right' through by passenger train on Thursdays). :•■: vi, i : H,''/ ;! ; ,,;•■■■ ■•' , Oi\, Officers.-This business, which, had beenpartly, held !oyer ( .fromihe previous meeting, resulted in the election of Mr.Chas.' 'Pofta as. Secretary,. ahdjyTr. J.: fIP. Pott's/as, Treasurer',,' while;, .the'following werefllected'a i.-Messrs A. Karl, 1 ; Ohyei Krip'prieriarid McLaren, Ohaupoj'Mes.Vrs Geo. Mason and J. Murphy, Hamilton';' Messrs Germahn'and.Ryburri, Paterangi Moody,'andl)avidson,; Kihikihi and; Te 'Awamutu'; and Mr G. ting iwith the new ; CenWai,Fruitgrowers; Union was Referred to: a future :ineeting.—r. The rules,as,revised were ordered',io'.be, printed at bn'cearid .'distributed among the, members;' whonow number (amongst them nearly', all' 1 the'prominent.fruitgrowers of AVa i Icato.—lt was resolved Jthat, the i execu-; tive officers meet' before th'o nexi'qu'arterly meeting arid arrange as far' as possible the business to,'be'brouetht'forward ; also, to 1 devise as far as practicable the future lines of action to be followed. 1 At this stage a vote of thanks to' th'o president for the action he had taken 'was ■ moved, arid the meeting broke up somewhat abruptly,'the' counter-attraction of an' al fresco ! political meotihg outside, where one 1 of the Waipa candidates was'holding forth, proving too strong to be resisted. : -' ! - •'^' ,l - 1 ■-'•■'•■•:.■■■■