SHEARERS' CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 780, 1 April 1910, Page 8

SHEARERS' CONFERENCE.

FEILDING NEWS.

' j l '. resolutions';. adopteb. . The conference, of delegates from tho various branches of 'the Shearers' Union was resumed yesterday, the president, Mr. A. J. King being in the chair. The following is a report of tho proceedings of Wednesday,,Harclv 30, as supplied by, the •Trias' Committee'' of 'the<:'conference:— • • ,A motion that the number of branches be curtailed,', and that there be one branch only for each island, was negatived. It was resolved that tho portrait of the lata Premier of" New Zealand (the Eight Hon. R., J." Seddon) be printed on the tickets of membership, as .a. tribute to "one of Labour's best" advocates." In future agreements as- between employers and workers, it was resolved instructions in "first aid".. be printed thereon. It was also agreed that employers be asked to provide medicine chests. The conference'resolved; that the proposed amendment to the Shearers' Ac- 1 commodation Act, as drawn up by the Canterbury Shearers'-Union, be-entrusted to Mr'. D; M'Laren, M.P., for introduc-tion-to ParliamCßt. It was also: resolved, with, regard •to the accommodation question, that in all sheds where Maori women are. employed as shed workers, separate accommodation should' bo provided from that provided for the general. hands. The political interests of the- unions were.referred to in the resolution, which affirmed that all federated unions of shearers be asked to endeavour to run a candidate at the next election, such candidate to be a' bona-fide member of some trade union, and that all members take an. active part iu political, municipal, and hospital affairs.

Twenty-two trucks of sheep (writes- our I'eilding correspondent) left here at four o'clock this morning for the Waikato. Trade in live, stock-between that district and - the Feilding district is improving every week, and buyers are , a permanent' feature at the Weekly 6tock sales. Trouble in. procuring trucks for fat stock is not confined to the Feilding district. Along the Main Trunk line last week was seen a flock, of sheen, which had been on the road for three weeks waiting for. trucks. ; '■ The Sandon district's capabilities as a producer of grass seeds and ceTeals may be gauged from the fact that in the last season as much as J517 per acre was paid for fine grass seed. On one farm 100 acres produced £500 worth of lyegrass seed.