TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 October 1922, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

[by TELEGRAPH —PER PRESS ASSOCIATION’]

AGRICULTURAL BANKS. AUCKLAND. Oct. 10.

The Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union to-day adopted a report by the Political Committee, to tho effect that active steps had been talcon to impress upon the Government tho urgent necessity of definite action in regard to certain matters of vital Interest to the farming community. With regard to retrenchment, so far as it had gone it was satisfactory. The position with regard to the compulsory pooling of the marketing of exports was satisfactory. The question of a produce shipping line could he left in abeyance for the present. If a satisfactory Agricultural Banking Act was passed during this session tin- Country Party should not put up any candidate of the forthcoming election, and the members of the Union were recommended to support candidates who would pledge themselves to support the proposals mentioned, so that tho Government might be enabled to carry them out- as soon as practicable. Tt was resolved to telegraph the Government, urging that legislation he brought forward this session for establishing agricultural hanks on the lines advocated by the Dominion Conference. LIBERALS AND AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, October 11. Air F. S. Morton, has withdrawn from contesting Auckland Central. He informed a deputation he would accept nomination for Eden as a Liberal, if the Party approved.