A.P.U. CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3068, 2 May 1917, Page 8

A.P.U. CONFERENCE

- Tho conferenco of the "Agricultural land Pastoral Workers' Union-was continued in the Accountants'' Chambers yesterday. , . " The following resolutions wero passed:— /That the conference demands tho jinost searching public inquiry into the msJiner in which statements haviDg no foundation in fact wero mado before .tho Magistrate's Court at Auckland '%••■ the Crown Prosecutor in the recent ! case against the miners' officials, and ■ fllso into tho circumstance that the 'Crown Prosecutor's speech was put Snto print and circulated by the Employers' ' Federation while the case was. still sub judico,', and before any opportunity had been given the defence of answering the inaccuracies contained in .the said speech. - That wool classers bo ndmittod and Enrolled as members of the A.P.U. ''That before members commence at any shed, shearers and shed labourers shall; where possible, each appoint •»i\ representative, and consult for the purpose of securing united action in the management of their industrial interest ; and that no man shall commenco work unless full union rates are obtained for all sections. -That members, when engaging stands or securing employment- in sheds, ■where sheepowners will accept v same, iriay send their membership deposit slips as a guarantee of good faith; and 'lihat where a man sends nis deposit slip as a guarantee of his attendance at ,rbll-caU, and fails to attend, the union executive, upou proof thereof, unless satisfied that such non-attendanco was occasioned by sickness or other reasonable cause, shall fine such member £1.

LIVE STOCK SALES Messrs. Dalgety and C 0.,, Ltd., report:— We hold our weekly .stock sale at, Danncvirke on Friday, when ivo offored a, fair yarding of sheep and cattle-toe, good attendance of farmers and. buyers. Therewee a.better inquiry for stock than on tho previous ealo, lambs especially. We quote as follows:—Two-tooth. ■ wethers, heavy skins, oxtra, good, 35a.: coundmouth ewes, in lamb, Ms. Bd.; cull'lambs to 14s. 4d.; empty etoro raws, Ms. 3d.; two and it half-year steers, £15; twenty-month, steers, £8 155., £9' 10s. to £10; three-year ompty heifers, £7; twenty-month P.A heifers, £8 12b. «d.: eißhtcon-month heifers, S.H.-CTOSB, £6,75. 6d.; wcanors, £2 6s. to' £4 55.; fat heifers, £13; fat cows, £8' iOs., ■£9 2s. 6d., to £12.