GOVERNMENT AND WOOL PRICE INCREASE

Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23966, 5 June 1943, Page 6

GOVERNMENT AND WOOL PRICE INCREASE

♦ PROTEST BY FARMERS’ UNION A strong protest against the “highhanded and unprincipled action” of the Government regarding the 15 per cent, increase in the price of wool granted by the British Government was made by the provincial conference of the North Canterbury district of the Farmers’ Union yesterday. The conference rejected an amendment that in order to avoid the dangers of inflation of the currency, all overtime rates of pay should bo made in non-ncgotiable bonds such as were being issued to woolgrowers for part of last season's clip. Mr G. C. Warren, who proposed the amendment, said woblgrowers should not object to being paid in war loan bonds, but other sections of the community which had had huge increases in pay should be compelled to do likewise. Mr R. G. Bishop said the scheme would be difficult to put into action particularly when overtime amounted to only a few shillings. Mr I. L. M. Coop: You have no hope of getting it done. Mr N. Stewart said he would be sorry to see such n resolution go through. There was enough strife between farmers and workers to-day without bringing in such a resolu-