FARMER'S UNION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1506, 14 July 1905, Page 3

FARMER'S UNION.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE. litl.l-r > .i. , ... Iv"'- : . j ; ,. , .(Per Press Association.) ' ' I'k “■ - Wellington, yesterday. /it its sitting lass >'usgiit the Farmers’ ||i®Si-p:.f ; t/ B ion Oonferoooo amended the rule relatvjf : y jpg to subscriptions, so as to permit ||||branch ?s to adopt a graduated sealo. Tho third day's, sitting 'began this marring. It |jp§||?iix’( wasrssoivod : “ That any alteration in tbe ®dsi« v frauchisp for olro'ioa of looa! bodies bo i : i*™’ ; ; j strenuously' opposed.” There was a \ Joigthy -debate ,on (ho subject,-and the : 1 sjtaksra did not mioco their words in cod-

f-d<uiQiDg the “ unwarrantable demand ” of ,• t : Vfiiise who sought t>- enlarge the country The Union adopted a rosoluj|WA ''that tho Government be again mast strlingly urged to orcct sterilising works in the'colony o'r to prohibit tho importation of bones or '.bouedust altogether - .” Tho speakers thought banes ivora nos. ra v suffiCiena return for tha dreaded anthrax, v; f' The. Union rejected jjthe North Canterbury remit urging the usn of a uniform set of books in schools of all education districts. Is was resolved, “ that we view With alarm the attempt by tho Trades and .-Labor Conference to force the Government ‘into providing for comnulsory preference V*. to unionists, and that every legitimate I r,effort be made by tho Farmers’ Union to JcounJeraot this.”

f Wellington, last night, v The Farmers’ Union resolved that the .Colonial Executive be reoommended to set (Up committees to. enquire into the whole .questions of Workers’ Compensation, Em- / ployors’ Liability, and Mortgage Idemnity

tamended; that the Conference views with jalarm attempts by the Trades and Labor .Oenferenoa to force tho Government into • providing for compulsory preference to :|nniooists, and that every legitimate effort rbo made by the Farmers' Union to coator|oot this demand; that enforcement of tho * y Noxious Weeds Act should apply to Crown •' and native lands, equally with lands occupied by Europeans ; that the Minister be r. nrged to bring in a bill this''session to ~ iQbolish the sheep tax ; that with a view to (encouraging planting of suitable timber, : vabelter, and other trees, all plantations of not less than one acre be' exempted from .‘local: taxation until 3uoh time as they 1 ibeoome reproductive, and be not included * in valuation for asseasmont of rani. ... ,