FEDERATED FARMERS

Chronicle (Levin), 4 July 1946, Page 3

FEDERATED FARMERS

w PROVINCIAL yEXECUTIYE MEETE Diasatislied with the ex|»lanatioi given by the Priine Minister (JBt. Hon | P. Fraser) in regard to the deapatcfc i of New Zealand butter to the Unitec j btalos at a timo wheu the country wras wholehcartedly cnguged in a campaigt j to save more food for Britain, tht ; Manawatu Provineiai Exeeufivo oi ! Federated Farmers at a meeting in I'ali nieraton North yesterday deeided that j a further and more eomprehensive state- | inent should be sought from Mr. Fraser. I Opposiiion to tlie ratiiication of the t Drettou VVoods monetary agroement was expressed by Mr. W. J". Galloway (Otaki-To lloro) avIio said that in his opiniou the agrecment was invitiug | domination of this- country by outside i linancial .interests. | Other speakers agreed with Alr. ; Galloway and u resolution wus carried j? | instruetiiig tho provinciul presideut to ;'ask Domiuion headquarters to invosti- ; gate the i'ull implicatious uf the lirettou Woods agrecment, with the object of briuging bei'ore i'arliujnent reprosentai tiona opposiug tho ratiiication of the i agreemenl unless it could be showu that | tiie sovereigu rights of the Govern- ; ment and the people would be proporly sufeguarded. | When a request was received from ' Ihe Palmerston N'orth L'hambcr of Commerce to appoiut a delegate to atlend a meeting of interested organisations in Palmorston N'orth on Juiy 10 for tho purpose of opposing a movement for ihe trausfer of the Government Seed Tcsting Btation to tho bouth Island, tho committeo appointed Alr. G. J. " , Wild.

it was agreed that the executive supporttMj tiie retention of tlie station in Palmerston N'orth, and Alr. Wild was instructed to place the views oi' the executive bei'ore the public meeting. j Members stated that although the 1 majority of the seed. tested came from the bouth Island, tho N'orth island was Ihe greatost user of tho seed, and tho N'orth island was tiie proper place for t|io testiug slation to be locuted. On tlie initiative. of the Foxton : braiich it was unanimously dccided to support tiie motion of -one of tiie boutli Island branches that Alr. C. W. BoswelJ, New Zealand Aiinister in iiussia, siiould be recalied, on tlie grounds that trade with ltussia did not warrant tho expense of keeping a Minister thero. A-remil is to be sent to the Domin-

1 ion t.ounciJ lndicatiug Alauawutu's sup : port for this move. The Ashhurst brunch asked that an iuvestigation should be made into thc cortilication of sugar beet seed bought bv an Ashhurst i'armer, wliich, when plauted, had grown as silver beet, causing considerable loss to the farmer. bevoral members pointed out that niucli of tlie seed now on salc in New , Zealand was not true to typo, perhaps 1 beeause of tho inexpericiice or even ' carelessuess oi' growers. Good Engiish Aseed was still unobtaiuable. | Tho chairman (.Mr. II. J. McLeavey) j suggosted that tiie attention of the DeI purtmeut of Agriculture should be I drawn to'the position, quoting the AshI hurst case as an exaniple, and this was ,thaf th^r4«pWt- ; ment should know that seed of this • uature was ou the murkct so that steps 1 uiight bc takou to avoid a similar j occurrenco next scason. ' ■ i ■