FEILDING FARMERS' UNION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 3

FEILDING FARMERS' UNION.

oanual ,meeting of the Feilding branch or the, I; armers' Union ( was held on Friday Ri ternoon jin ,; the -secretary's office. Thero were present: Messrs. H. J.,Booth (chair- ' •J'®. I }),':®* ~ Lethbridge, C. Anderson, -W;: Fry, F. Boddy, T. Hancock, R. J. Stuart,;-. 11,.. D. French, 1,. • Selby. Tho balance-sheet showed a debit, of: £3 7s. od. -The chairman,-report-ing on, the .year's operations/ said that the , shearers' dispute ■ had .been settled without going to the Arbitration Court,'- and tho agricultural .labourers' dispute had been settled /.....without ajiy award. .Regarding 'tho Parliamentary -he .pointed :out that; the Farmers' Union candidate had been successful in < the, Oroua, Manawatu,- and' Hawera , , electorates, ->and ■ sympathisers. lof • the, union had /been . successful tin •. many - other places. The Provincial.Conference:was jheld in-'Feild- ■, ing last -yearyand the .representatives' pre- - sent were entertained at a. banquet. The ; Provincial Organiser- .was' in= tho district' last . month, and .had sixteen' new- mem- , bers.' -The ,visit- .cost;-tho -.branch;-£5,- and he, thought it was paying ,pretty dearly for , mombersv _ The branch's efforts regarding haulage,-for stock had been fairly successful, ,-. and the .branch had: done some good by -shaking -up the v Railway- Department. Mr. ~. Booth also 'reported on the delegates' meet- ;. ingi at- -Woodville regarding , fclio establishj - ment of co-operativo freezing; works, ■■ stat,ing>that it had .been decided to go oil with the, .works,,,.-Ho believed the isworks would bo: established at Foxton. becauso that was tho only place where they could get the . - land; cheap. -Speaking ,;on the 'balance-sheet,' tho-chairman said they- had '107- members on the roll, but 33 of these had. not paid their annual subscriptions. Jf these had . i paid, the -branch would •be in "a good finan- ■ ®l a l; position., .Officersv were elected - as' follows: 'Chairman, Mr., H. J. Booth (re- : elected) vice-chairman, Mr.- -A. Rj Mayo; committee, Messrs, J. M'Farland, G. C. ■h heeler, C. -Anderson, ■ F. Boddy, F. TJsmar, n. 'Fry, R. 0. Prench, F. Y.- Lethbridge, ■ -R. J. . Stuart,: J., Lange, ~W. G. Pearce, A; ff. Atkinson, J. Selby, A. Campbell; Hugh ; , Burrell; secretary, Mr. J. R.!.Perry;: dele- . gates, to conference,': Messrs. !! Booth «V and Mayo. ' Mr. remincied the meeting; that the rPrimo Minister had "promised the, dairymen, before the c!ections, that cement - for; concrete .bails ■ would be - carried freo on "the railways.' So far, he had-not kept his promise.'' They should'bring tho matter -before the ■ Provincial' Conference and keep the Prime Minister to his promise. 1 ■■ ,