OKAUIA.

Matamata Record, Volume II, Issue 79, 25 April 1918, Page 1

OKAUIA.

The annual meeting of the Farmers’ union was held on Monday. The chairman gave a resume of the work done since the branch was formed nine months ago, and the balance sheet was presented by the treasurer. Mr Whyte was the recipient of a hearty vote of thanks for the able manner in which he had carried out the duties of chairman, and a vote of thanks was also accorded the secretary. Mr Whyte then vacated the chair, and the chairman, pro tern, proceeded with the election of the new officers with the following result:—President, Mr Whyte; vice-president, Mr Sutherland; sec. and treas., Mr Fogerty; auditor, Mr Hopkins; executive committee, Messrs Whyte, Sutherland, Hopkins, Mathers and Bell. It was decided to hold the next meeting as usual on the Monday before the full moon. The following remit was framed for presentation at the annual conference :—“That it is desirable a committee should be formed, of which half should bo ladies, to censor picture films, and that this important duty should not be left in the hands of one man as at present. That the present system is unsatisfactory is shown by frequent letters in the press, and by our Magistrates continually commenting on the evil effects of some pictures on young people.”