FRUITGROWERS CONFER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2769, 12 May 1916, Page 8

FRUITGROWERS CONFER

■ SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS . ' NEW CONSTITUTION ADOPTED The,.annual conference, of fruitgrowers ;v. ot.^th'e-Dominion.>\as continued in the Town Hall yesterday. •. rThercohiuiittee to revise tho ■, ■constitution its. report.: Seviterations were suggested, the most important whicli. was one dealing, with ■ :, : tuo. proposed tax of Is. per aore. ..This i.particular, clause- specified- that, the revj;;,venue derived fronutliis tax shall be e.v ; ; . pended-. solely oil the development of the . organisation.' , The .management.and the ft.;; control .?*•' fl»e federation shall be vested I m,.a. dnectoratq consisting of a president j : ;..\and .six--directors; instead of four, as /formerly. The "' accounts of the feder-k:-.1/fttfon shall be audited by a Government pi.;Vattditqr. each year, and. copies .thereof shall be seat to each affiliated associahon.

a_. jirief discussion, 'the Tevised v.;- ; constitution' was adopted ! . Alessrs. Ji.AT.Koe, J. Bennetts, 11. AVil* eon", and-R.-Hudson wore appointed a i'*i 1 ;-opiniriit'te6 to submit the constitution to >-the! Minister 'of. Agriculture. ' ; Votes.of. thanks were passed to .the • committee for the work they had done down their report. Several l - . iSpeJikei's referred, to the new'constitution .as --the foundation of a very large, move-. ! • ■ n ' rl ; the'.future for tlie advancement of.'thq industry. - It was, also!said that Mx- rSS- would now be in a posi- | ' tion to obtain the .help "from the Gov-. ; eminent: they were entitled to.

- Nejtt Year's Conference. ► V . Next year's National Apple Show will be held in Duucdin. In connection with the. schedule, however, it was decided to -■;■: v leave, it■ in 'the hands of the incoming committee to lie dealt with. ; /: ' A remit from Nelson was to the effect that t future conferences •_ : >. presentation' should be . on' the basis of rf,-; one- delegate:for : each; 1000 acres, or. part ; .of 1000 acres, of planted orchard 'in each provincial district. K '^ e f?hle , discussion took place on . the niajoritj' of spaakers being ft tlic: proposal. ' Consequently, it ;■ was\ withdrawn..

c. ■ , Lime Deposits. > . j of opening up limestone; deposits m chsUic'us adjacent-.to fruitgrowing. districts was discussed. . Secretary of Agriculture/said' ; 'that .the geological .branch of tho Survey. JJeiiiirtment iKid been askcd to report on districts in j. ; ■'Zealand, ; When the work was com., it ../pleted rreport iTOuld.'lxi issued, and:then p , • the farmers 'would' know- where 'these ,'de-' j' ' ; were - situated, : and • also thsl cosfc. • ~ o f."P r P uc t' on - ; : would, then l>a" tp .take .action for.themseives, and : pu t' J,. I .'. o'yi} money:into the. venturo' : a,1(l Sort- ttheirvowivjimejde^osits^. •■. rj Further. Remits Considered. •' : ' y decided that, a niore l ' rigid ' en- • :■ forcement: of the . Orchard Garden Pest' '-■ ct '; ®?? a '9 lal ly regarding -codlin: ' inoth,should bo made. ' ' •''

■ , * 6 G° v ernmont be asked to experimental horticultural sta- - ■ 'n? 1 ' 5 ,? 1 -- t. Island, - .especially in : , ptago. .;.: After discussion', in which. the .'i • claims ofrWorth ;Auckland were, advane-, : ed. the uiotion was carried. .' V v " r Several, matters in relation to the ship,meut ofvpears to North Aiiierica and . Great^ntain,, and. suitable . spaceon . steamers, trading . to. those countries,- as .■ . well as shipping contracts, 'were'left to . .the directors to be dealt with; ": .' , v.."That .it -be a- reiommendation: to: the Government' to . instruct, the Agricultural Department''.to. .see that .the brandsV on-.second-hand .cases ,be .defaced" wasi : a . jresolutio'ii which : J .^iet : irith -un'animdus' .; . .support- of,, the conference. 'Mr ••• J, [ ~ .-'Longton said that he-had seen, stone fruit which •• he had not grown contained in f , eases which; had his' brand on, and', ha .. thought-that protection should be given : : ; , .to; growers'in this K ,r€spect. • ': . It *w'as J 'decided- .tluit all J fruitgrowers . •: 5 ■'i, -i! '.in 7 statistic cards as furnished' .r rby the Government.;' .: V ■, , r It was resolved to' ask tho". Government to con>id6r the question of. carrying lime free up. to-250'miles. . . .... , ■ ~ .to.-. th,e . Government. ■ that air friut. for. exjiort should Imj ih.the 'districts' in which it is }i ' Mr." Kirk, Direcf . s^i( ' that if an inspector i'i' at everj'. packing-shed lfc , w .°"i?.; : K:-returning to old inethods, - and It also mean that.a:large',mim-:v:--b?r % -inspectors.would be provided Several central packing-sheds . w L ' re rSffiM;erected; but it must be under. ptood that thf Department was not op. -.; ppsed■,to ; district iiispection if a sufficient .amount".'of fruit could. be .'collected at one centre.- - . • .

A.i'Eoposal that the Board of. Directors

should consist of one director from each district was lost. ■ , . .' Election of Officers. The election of officers resulted as fol-. ■ lows':—President, Mr. A.' Wilson (Aiick-. land;, divoctoi'A,, Messrs. A. P. AUporfc ■ (Nelson), H. E. Anderson (Wellington),-' j. Lougton (Canterbury), A. Davidson (Otago), A. 31. Robertson (Haivke's Bay),' and J. Jl. Bennetts (Otugo) As tiino was', pressing and many delegates expressed 'the wish lo concludo the conference before tho Ancklnnd express left last evening, it was decided that tho questions of through tacking, carriage of fruit by rail, and railways to fruit centres, be'left to the directors to be dealt with.