HANDLING N.Z. PRODUCE IN LONDON.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1137, 26 May 1911, Page 8

HANDLING N.Z. PRODUCE IN LONDON.

RESOLUTION BY FARMERS' .UNION. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, May 23. Representatives from the Farmers' Union and Agricultural Associations in Auckland province met together in the Hall of Commerce to-day, and discufeed the question of the handling of .New Zealand produce in London. ■ Mr. J. E. Makgill (vice-president of the Auckland Provincial Farmers' Union) said the question was one of the utmost importance to producers in New Zealand. He moved the following resolution:— "That a committee of producers be set up to co-operate with other committees appointed by public meetings in various parts of the Dominion to attempt to improve the conditions ■under which New Zealand produce is received nnd distributed in Great Britain." In support of the motion he read.extracts from a speech on the subject by Mr. Lysnnr, i,n which he referred to •'having* seen bales of wool soaking in. tho barges on the Thames; also in the stores rows of bales which had been damaged by leaky barges. This was afterwards sold as 'damaged wool, and the owner in New Zealand did not know why he got such low prices. Major Lusk said he thought the conference would agree thnt an improvement was ■ very desirable. Farmers had been neglecting their own interests, and had evidently expected other people to look after them.' It was quife time they appointed representatives from themselves to see. that their affairs were not neglected. ' Other delegates strongly supported tho motion, which was carried: