ROTORUA PROTEST
GOVERNMENT POLICY FARMERS’ GRIEVANCES (Par Pross Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. A largely-attended meeting of farmers and businessmen in Rotorua last night carried unanimously a resolution protesting against the policy of the Government in attempting to socialise the farming industry and expressing the opinion that the farmers could not increase production while the present low prices for their produce ruled. Several speakers advocated direct action to remedy the farmers’ grievances, one speaker advocating the closing up of all farms for a fortnight and another the tipping of milk down the drain unless prices were adjusted.
A numucr of speakers objected to the new marketing legislation, the failure to increase the guaranteed price and the socialisation of transport. One speaker described as eyewash the statement, made by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. P. C. Webb, that there was ample labour available for farms. The meeting carried a resolution approving of the principle of compulsory military training.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 6
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157ROTORUA PROTEST Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20078, 26 October 1939, Page 6
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