FARMERS' UNION DIARY

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 10, 27 January 1937, Page 15

FARMERS' UNION DIARY

L S.

Gardiner.)

(Scecially written for the ''Herald-

Tribune" by

Branch Meeting. The Tukituki branch of th© New Zealand Farmer^' Union held its first. meeting for 1937 ou Tuesday last at Mr McCarthy's residence, Haumoana. Mr H. J. McKeesick, the chairman, was supported by a satisfactory atv tendance of members. After the minutes of the p: i>vious meeting liad been read by the secretary, Mr J. Ramsay, they were confirmed on the motion of Mr E. Nelson, and secondcal by Mr J. Agnew. Correspondence from the Dominion secretary, Mr A. P. O'Sliea, on the subject of the shortage of farm labour was then considered, also the increase in farm costs. The meeting then went into committee and a number of important questions were discussed at some length, and at the conclusion Mr McKeesick made reference to Mr McCarthy's good nature in allowing the branch to have the use of.his house for its meetings. A very hearty vote of thanks was passed with acclamation. Further votes of thanks were passed to th© chairman and the orgianiser. ,f. First Farmer; irLi he joing^ I will." Second Farmer; "If he joins, I will." Third Farmer: "Yes, I'll jom." llesult: Three membei's. This Week. Work this week has been concentra^ ted in the Waipawa-Otane aiea, with a view to forming a branch in that neighbourhood. The idea has met with favourable consideration, although there is still much to be done. Annual Shooting Match. For many years the union has held shooting matches in April, and a special appeal is made this year to make a success of it throughout the Dominion. Out of approximately 500 branches there ought to be at least 500 men who can shoot. The conuitions governing the compeition can be obtained from the provincial secretary. What the Union Has Done. Members wil be glad to note that a very fine brochure has been drawn up by Mr A. C. Cameron, geneial manager of the Otago Farmers5 Mutual Fire Insurance Association. CopJes may be obtained from Mr E. H. Ca.der, provincial secretary for Otago, Dunedin. Empioyors' Unions. Reg>stration of the Isew Zealand Dairy Farmers' Industrial Union of Employers and the New Zealand Agricultural and Related Farmers' Industrial Union of Employers has now been completed. Certificates of registration from the Registrar of Industrial Unions have been received by tbe Dominion secretary. The idea of registering these unions will be to prevent any other body registering as a New Zealand Employel's' Union and so embarrassing our members. The Bureau of Industry. Much has been heard of the Bureau of Industry lately. There are 10 Government members, two manufacturers' representatives and two farmers' representatives. The latter are Mr T. C. Brash, who is the secretary of the New Zealand Dairy Board, and Mr Hugh Morrison, provincial president of the union in Wairarapa. Execut'rve Meeting. Members of the Hawke's ±>&y provincial executive are reminded that the next meeting is to be held on Tuesday, January 26, at Waipukurau, at L.39 p.m. Buiid Something. "If you wish to have a successful and happy life, you must build somethingi, a business or a profession or a home. You absolutely must be ereative. "It is a law of this universe that you must treat everything according. to its nature, if you wish to avoid mistakes. And it is in the nature of every human being to ivant to create 6omething. "Every man is a sort of coral insect at heart. He has an inwai'd urge to build a reef. Nothing will give him so much satisfaction as to look at the work of his head and hands, "It is not true that there is nothing else where gives so much lasting pleasure as the building of somethmg which grows larger Oay by day. We build it and watch it gjrow. "He who makes two blades of grass grow where oue. grew before is to that extent a happy and successful man. And he who destroy s a blad© of gra^s, is to that extent an unsuccessful and unliappy man. "This explains wby men go, as pioneers, into a vast wilderness. It explains the strong natures of the men who work in the shipyards. The men who built Cologne Cathedral — did they not build themselves as well as their cathedral ? "Barrie has built 'Peter Pan.' "Northclifie built 'The Daily Mail.'

"EJgar built 'The Land of Hope and Glory.' "Some one — no one knows who — built the eternal idea of the Unknown Warrior. "Beethoven was a builder. So was Rodin. So was Turner. They btfilt in music, and form and colour. "The oldest company in Britain — the Hudson Bay Company — is it not named after one man, Hudson? "Politics may be dominated by the talkers and the strategists, but business is not. It is dominated by the men who create and tke men who serve. "If you abolish the business men of a nation you can still have plenty of politics, but you can't have any civilisation. ' "That is why business is superior to militarism and to politics. Business creates, while militarism destroys and politics only takes from on© person and gives to another." — Tboughts selected from H. N. Casson.