PALMERSTON FARMERS' UNION

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 172, 15 April 1919, Page 10

PALMERSTON FARMERS' UNION

J • annual meeting, - (Erom Our Special Correspondent.) . Palmerston N., April 14. A 'meeting'' of the - Palmerston North branch of'tho Farmers' Ijnion. was hekl on Saturday evening there were present: Messrs. J. A. li'leayev president). H. Vile. .T. Bnlsillie, O.Won[llej, J. iWingate, I. J. Tenle, and H. Bond. The Railway - Department intimated that a request hail been made to them to alter the: running of tho train between' I'alnveiston- North and Uasterton, find , pave -particiilnrs v of the proposed dissatisfaction with the ijroposals, and it was resolvetl to write to the Department,.pointing out that'its proposed new tiuie-tablo would be of no use to the farmers of lalmerston North or the IVairarapa district, lind tliat'- 'what was .wanted was a tiani thaE .would take farmers from .one place to another, and return the same <Ilay, nllowing a reasonable time fpi (he traiu action-'of business, iii'the plate, visits. Intimation was' received from the WelliiiKton Provincial' District of the farm-ers':Union,-that a conferenceof delegates fronv ail hrwiches 'would bo held at \\ellinctoii on Tuesday, .May 27, I'iid would •probably last three days. .The matter of appointing delegates was 'deferred.. . , - Mr."'W. Hunter wrote, resigning liu> position as secretary to the branch, as hi3-time-was- fully occupied by othei V '£he: resignation was accepted with reKret;' members- -eulogij'JiS Mr. services-'dunug.the,eighteen years he had held- Iho secretaryship. It "was'decided to forward the organis-er'.;'-proposed sliding'-scalo r.fr tions to the sub-provincml oxecutne oi rt, " union, as "a lemk for consideration at; the conference. , Tho annual meeting was then held. , In the course of his annual report the chairman noted that the past year ha< biought them consuleraoly nearer to ttat which they all desired, namely, a complete union of farmers. The moviucial executive had appointed Mi. Lan cred CoQner as organiser, and the result, of bis efforts Was seen in the toimation of Some .nineteen or twenty branches •Kith' several huudred 1 e eteeiitivo of tho neivly-forino'l sub-pi ovrccial are!-- had already hold its nrst meetins. Mr. Vile, of the Palmerston North branch being elected xts first pres. •lent ' The question ot a sliding scale of a'.subscription appeared o be giving 6oibe' difficulty, and-he advised that the recommendations: of the ovganHer bo accented for the time being, and the matler adjusted later on. aho chairman went on to state that hey were, now ap--nreciably nearer to the realisation their desire in connection with the Gorge limestone deposits. AH that they had t'fdo was to sot up a company, winch vork he'recommended should be undei-t'-kon as soon as possible. Passing on, The chairman noted with regret that an attempt had been mado to prevent farmers from getting the best market toi their hides and potatoes, and lie hoped that these lestrictions would bo tuopt awav "The open market,"-lie remarked, "is sood enough for us, let it bo '' J Tho° report was unanimously adopted, of»er which the meeting adopted a re-mit-"That the Government be recommended to prohibit the export of white The meeting then adjourned till April W when tho election of ofiicers and tho consideration of remits will be taken.