N.Z. FARMERS' UNION

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1444, 20 May 1912, Page 8

N.Z. FARMERS' UNION

TARAXAKI PROVINCIAL COXFEI?JCXf K. Thoaununl provincial (oni'ereiu'o of {he Taranaki I , annei>' Unirn i> to be bolu at llawora on May Tlic reiuits cover i\ number of matters which haw been urged before, and include a motion by the K*a,iinata branch that the platform of the union be revised in the direction of niakiu? the planks more directly in the interest? of the farmers in such manner that the interests of d:\irv fanners, graziers, and agric'uHuralists shall he un a more mutual froling. IJpjjarding immigration, the executive will move that, in view of the scarcity of farm labour the conference earnestly urge the Government to encourage and support- the efforts (if those who are making an organised endeavenr to bring suitable labour to Now Zealand. The executive will also move that the Validation of Lands Act. be so altered eo as fo permit of all improvements of whatever nature made to land, and ako capital value, on a five per cent, basis, c-f any special rates paid on such, land for roading, etc., being reckoned as improvements.

A motion will bo tabled by the Te Roti branch that all Xat.ivo lands shall be placed on the same fooling for tnxalion purposes, both local and general, and at the expiration of the West Coast* leases all lands not required for Iho Xafiv-es' own use be purciia-ed by Ihe Government and leased to Kuropeaiu with right of purchase. The T'atea branch will move that the conference urge upon the Government the necc.s>ity of providing more on the. railways so as to better provide for (he requirements of the farmers and public generally, inoro especially i\h regards tlie delivery of metal for roads, which is at present almost impossiblo to obtain.