AUCTION SALES

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 2, 27 September 1921, Page 8

AUCTION SALES

FOHTHCOMING FIXTURES. w TO-DAY 157 Lambton'Quay, Wellington. 150 p.m.— Furniture sale (Hodgkins. Carver) TO-MORROW. 270 The Terrace. Wellington, 12.30 p m.— Furniture sale (Bruce and CoJ. Waikanae Yards, 1 p.in.—'Stock sale. Johnsonville Yai'ds. 2 p.m— Stock sale. Dominion Avenue.* Wellington. 2 p.m—Property sale (Vine and Wilson). Masterton. 2 p.m.—Land sale (Wairarapa Farmers’). 195 Lambton Quay, Wellington. 2.30 p.m — Property sale (Harcourt and Co.). 165 Customhouse Quay. Wellington, 2.30 p m.—Property sale (S. G. Nathan and Co.). APPEAL TO FARMERS CO-OI’ERATfON TO SOLVE DOMINION'S DIFFICULTIES. By Telegraph —Press Association. z Invercargill, September 26. Mr. IV. J. Polson and- Captain Colbeck. president and vice-president respectively of the Fanners’. Union, addressed a meeting under the auspices of the local branch of the union to-night. Their remarks were on the same lines as thp addresses given elsewhere in the South Island. Referring io Armour and Co., Mr. Bolson expressed some sympathy with the firm, which had come into the open, but said that they were a trust operating throughout the world and must ho recognised as an enem?. The way to stop them. was not by haughty legislation dealing with Jicwiscs. There were other foreign com corns occupying freezing works, and comprehensive legislation was needed. He made a strong appeal for co-opera-tion as tho real solution of most of the Dominion’s .difficulties.

FARMERS’ UNION (From Our Own Correspondent.) Palmerston North, September 26, The Alanawatu Sub-Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union met at Levin on Saturday, when-there was * a fair attendance of delegates (from various branches. Mr. Buchanan, the president, gave a lengthy .and interesting address on tho aims and objects of the union, which was followed by a short discussion, and as an oijtcoiile it lias resolved to make an endyavoirr to got tru'd',iny? ctoncc*riis with the union more, advantageous terms in the matter of distribution of farmers’ requisites generally. Also, that the Government be urged to appoint another agricultural instructor for the Manawatu district, the one at present doing duty being unable to cope with the work. It was <j!bcided to ask that a school of* agriculture should* be established in connection with the AVeraroa Central Development Farm on tho same lines as that now Ruakura. , The. , followingff Tegftfc £»>» branches were apj/Wved: — 1 Palmerston North.-That the union strongly supports any action .that may be taken by the Government to- keep ony trust inimical "to tho interests of producers from operating in this country. That this union is of. opinion that the- present form of valuatibn is inequitable and asks the provincial Executive to go into the matter .with a view to remedying tho position; » ■ From Obau.—That the Government be requested to erect a crushing plant in Wellington for dealing with Nauju Island phosphates. It was decided to ask- Mr. Deem,Agricultural Instructor, to give an address at the next ■ meeting i, -