FARMERS’ UNION
SOUTH ISLAND CONFERENCE. (By Telegraph—Per Press Associationf CHRISTCHURCH, October 27. At a conference of the South Island branches of the Farmers’ Union held to-day, the following resolutions were carried:— ( “That the Government be urged to suspend all awards during the present economic stress, and to amend tbe Industrial Conciliation anjd Arbitration Act to provide fop voluntary arbitration and compulsory conciliation.” “That in order to combine a balanced budget with, a gen'erttl reduction ' v
of taxation, which sis' essential to a recovery of prosperity, a thorough investigation of departmental^ l expenditure should be made by a non-political and expert authority.” - “That, in order' to reduce the costs
of production, and the costs of living in New Zealand, a drastic downward revision of the Customs tariffs is urgently needed, and should he made «s soon as the burgetttty position, will permit.” .
It was decided to commend the Government for its,'abolition of the graduated land tax, and for the departmental economies which it had made, and for the promise of a Royal Commission to investigate local body expenditure.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1931, Page 5
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