FARMERS UNION
XQ POLITICS. (By Telegraph-Press Association). DAXXEVTRKE. Nov. 23. At. a mooting oi' the Provincial Uxccutivo of the Southern Hawke’s Bay Branch of the Xow Zealand Farmer' Union) Mayor McDonnell suggested that it forward a letter of eongratulations to Mr M. >T. Poison (liesident of the New Zealand FarmerUnion) on securing a seat in Parliament. Mr J. Livingstone (President of the Southern Branch, Hawke’s Bay, and a member of the Dominion Executive's avlio presided, declined to accept the motion. “Wo as a Union.” he said are opposed to politics, we ha\o to keep out of them and T cannot accept the motion. He admitted there na> nothing to prevent members offering congratulations individually, hut immediately they did so as an organised body of the Farmers Union they were associating themselves with a particu-
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 November 1928, Page 1
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