Otaki Tides

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1948, Page 2

Otaki Tides

out pi-oduction from the back country our standard of living would be very lovv indeed. The great trouble is tliat when people start to discuss these things prejudiees and pre-conceiveu theories are appm:nM)st.,in ..their, ,iumu* Mr. F. P. Walsh has stated time and time again that' he considers that the hours that we work should be dictated by the needs of society. In the final analysis the needs of society wiij be governed by the effort that we puu forward and if we want more w j •sliall iiave to produce more. I am lirm» :ly of the opiuion that we should tacklcthis problem and that it should be ap proached without bias and without regard to past diff'erences amongst dii' rerent sections of the community. ' ' Oue thing farmers would have t» watch in the future was the questioj\ of markets. Federated Farmers had' been paying so'me attention to this. question. He was satisffed that representation of Federated Farmers at the International Federatiou of AgricuJ* tural Producers and other like con* ferenees was all to the good. The greater understanding between farmers in the different countries in the world the more likely were they to have' real prosperity. Agriculture plaved a huge part in universal prosperity. Two-thirds of the people iu tlie world, eamed their,, living directly or indirectlv from tl'ie land aaid they all liveu on the land. The more thev cotild obunderstanding between tlie farmers of the dift'erent countries the more chance there was of prosperity for the world and the greater were the chances of retaining the peace.

a.m. p.m. May 13, -1.29 1.53 May 14, 2.23 2.44 May 15, 3.9 3.44 May 16, 4.15 4.36 May 17, 5.35 6.20 May 18, 6.54 7.30