FRUITGROWERS CONFERENCE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1847, 5 September 1913, Page 10

FRUITGROWERS CONFERENCE.

FINAL DAY. The Fruitgrowers' Conference was concluded yesterday. Mr. ff. .Wray (Canterbury) presided. It was' resolved, to ask the Government to appoint ■ temporary fruit inspectors during the busy season —this in viow of tho inspectors' increasing duties. " ■ On tho motion of Mr. S.' Martell (Hawko's Bay) it was resolved: "That in tho opinion of this confercnc© it is essential .that all federated associations pay all subscriptions duo to date within three months from tho rising of this conference and abide by. the proBent constitution and system of financo (pending,the.adoption or refusal of tlio proposed compulsory, tax of 6d. per acre, and if. this -is not' dono it is advisablo that tho federation should disband."!..,;. ... ~ Acting on a suggestion-from a recent conference of orchard inspectors, tho ■conference resolved: "That a committeo should bo set up in New Zealand consisting of delegates from the Fruitgrowers' Associations and nurserymen <uul from the Department to "investigate the nomenclature cf. New Zealand fruit, «nd report on the synonyms, and that this should bo a suggestion to the next conference of the New Zealand Federation." Messrs. Ffitcli (South and Freclk. Sisson (North Island) wero appointed tho federation's representatives oil -tlio committee. 'A mo'tion to inVito the 1914 Australasian Conference to sit in New Zealand was defeated. Mr. A. M'Kee (Tasman) moved that tho Premier should be asked to'extend tho se-opo of tho Government's proposed scheme of Stato aid to fruitgrowers' associations for the provision of cold- stores and canneries by providing, jilso,'S'tato aid for evaporating plants ond.central packing sheds. Tlio. motion .was "lost. For the ensuing year Mr: It. P. Hud■Bon (Nelson) was elected •president, Mr. H. Robertson (Hawko's Bay) viceand Mr. J. It. H. Archer (Canterbury) secretary. It was decided that the executive for • tho coming year should consist of a member from each of tho Nelson. •Hawko's Bay, Canterbury, and Central Otago District Associations, in addition to the ex-officio members, with power io add ono member for every new prqvinco affiliated. It was resolved to send a delegate to the next Australasian Conference. It/was decided to allow all associatiensj whether registered or not, to affiliate with the federation. y<jte3 of thanks wero accorded Mr. T. W. Kirk and other officers of the 'Agricultural Department who had attended the conference..