Mr, Hugli Morrison, wild presided' at a meeting of the MasU-rion branch of ■ ilio Farmers' Union, in the course of an address mentioned that the : Union iinil ieocit<d ail -recsronof three: hundred members. He li.r-gtki upon his hearers tiutiJlio time was awning when the affairs ,flf the union could 'te con- : trolled \v the small: farmers. It was they alone wlip Could stoin'the tide of Socialism, and Mr. Morrison outlined what. had heel) <kmo by the union since its .inauiruraUo!!. ■' iiesides fighting ttio ! industiiaktfouble, ii had sc.cui'od the ro turn to i'aviiaineut. of a majority of free-, holders, the sheep tax hadiieeii .'reiiiov'ed, rural ic{«ph<n;e.s were cxfeiid'd, eon;- ■ ■genSiitiou vrss Ei-fiitttd faiMlississwfstek that «ras siftfigli.tei'fitlj liiije ;: 'W : as fret?, tlio Aity ait dairy »ine'lti:ilery was lifted, aftd many oilier 'c&jicessions toad been granted:, as a ..result of the efforts of the union. Mr. Morrison emphasises! 1 'the fact tlia't tiie- trt.ioi.i was n non-party ■organisation; it- was, nevertheless,. out te'iiglit .Sr.jiaiisiii mid Syndicalism." It 1 Was a defensive body, nnd oeeupiid asimilar position to that of fho. IJntish , Navy, iii\ Morrison.concluded by impressing -on members that- "unity is strength, ami ■ combination is power." lli.s ie;uarks wore lieiu tii'v applauded... An Artificial epidermis o:( imliiwublicr was su«:essully applied by it Parisian ■' stirgeaii to fcho abdomen o{ a patient after nn operation, , I,lc.ven liundi'ed people sat. down ii) Chicago to a Kmarkabl# Ixinquct. , livefyitein on iKio menu hail bean Kept in enjil; s!oiaj;c for iiiaii.ths— jn S.WJO ewes more than a year-. .Pirtails at the time atwl process of Trfi-ig-viation were printed against e,ncli eoui'g.tt oil the menu, Tiio itiquitv into tiip_ .VHeged unlmvfr.i rebates of (tie Steel Trust was opeMtl at. AWhinfiten reeeul'y. /Srconiini* to, the law, it is estimated ibtst. the trust', in the on flit e.i' tiie eljarsfc boing' professf,would be liable. to a ii:i» Of 4:30,ur-C,000,. r,r (twee times the eiiiou-fit of the rebates.. Dr, Gore, the Bishop of Oxford-, -is endowed ivitti. ft keen sense of bumoi-.r, and is rather fond ef tolling a story- oi' how, at n diocesan examination, one of IV qaesiious Wit J hits t "Xu ue the' three ] crtis iisetiiiwied hi the Litany imw vvihi.c-h Hie Ciiiivsh 'Ws to be tldivfer.ed."' JndiiS of fho oxomi n.pr';s aslo'nishjfn.n»k j iivst.ead of live answer,. "False dorIrir.e, ij-eresy, and !•'<•!> k-m," lie read llio ttdrits, "Hlsiu*?. nties-ls, iwul drairoii.s." Momw. Hcvowjuc, King, mut Co.,' Mil,, OhiristahliVf-'li, advertise that liter lii'tve 20,000 aoKs ef YVVukaifl kiul for" sale, A(hi:,i!H:-'.v;i!i'ui of l',>;a!es. • Five Oe-M.n Afci-I. n«. nr.'! Cuar.Miir" Cwpnrniitm si sues bwds .jnaniviloriii# lite pre.her e.dni'i;, i«-i i Dtieu o£ dcceastd pDi:,Soits estates,— Mvt,
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2144, 9 May 1914, Page 5
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