FARMERS’UNION

Hokitika Guardian, 27 August 1930, Page 4

FARMERS’UNION

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27. , At the quarterly meeting of the Provincial Executive of the West Coast Farmers Union, held at Greymouth/thfc /following remits were agreed to From the Ngahere •' Branch; (l) That the Government' he congratulated on its decision tq increase the duty, on foreign timber, *• (2) That \the action of the Government in withdrawing the preferential

rate on Canadian motor cars as a r - v prisal for the Canadian Government’s action in increasing the duty on dairy l '-' ‘ produce from New Zealand, be strongly' -supported.—Agreed to. ' '■ The Hari Hari remits were as .fol-' .lows: — . (1) That the* Government be urged to acquire land suitable for closer settlement on the whole of the West Coast, the same to, be done through Mr J. O’Brien, M.P. for Westland. ..... (2) That the Lands Department -be • asked to finalise the drainage scheme--of the La Fontaine swariip ar«tv ' The remit was approved. ■ The Inangahua remit- That tb«r " :;pominion Extecutive Of thfe Farmers’ "' 1 Union again urge the Government nofc to increase public service salanes or, staffs during the slump period, was also approved. , ■ ! •?'»• A motion was then'carried that th» Westland Acclimatisation- Society- be • urged to pay 2s per tail for deer if i it is -not doing so- at the pi-eseht Mr E. W. Huine, of Hamilton, Supervisor of the Herd Testing Federation lof N.Z. was then introduced to members. There was considerable discus- , •sion, on information concerning -the> of herd testing . groups which was given by Mr Hume.

•-•’lt was decided to form an Association, and get at least three groups going. .