FARMERS’ UNION.
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE
A meeting of the Farmers’ Union was held in Palmerston North on Saturday, when there were present Messrs 0. P. Lynch (in the chair), J. Balsillie, B. G. Gower, J. McLeavey, T. ;D. Clifford, J. Gloyn, F. Maul, H. McLeavey and H. Denton. RURAL CREDITS. . The chairman stated that lie li’ad understood, from a discussion on the Rural - Credits Scheme at a meeting of the Dominion executive, that the matter would be pushed forward at the next meeting of Parliament and, before Parliament met, Mr W. J. Poison, Dominion president, was going to formulate a programme of what the' fanners wanted. < It was resolved that a letter of congratulation be forwarded to Mir. Poison, for his advocacy of Union affairs and his efforts in bringing them before the New Zealand public. IMMIGRATION AFFAIRS. The Department of Immigration wrote advising that a number of experienced farm hands would be arriving by vessels due in New Zealand shortly: included among the farm labourers were several married couples. The information was desired to be made known to the farmers of the district, and with the request that applications for labour should be forwarded to the Department, the class of labour r<#quired and wages offered to be stated. Mr. F. Maul considered that if was time the Government put a stop to assisted immigration, as there were enough of them already in the country.
Mr. J. Gloyn: “The trouble arisen out of Vim fact that farm work in this country is entirely different. You may as well take hi Ah fropi the New Zealand cities as bring farm labourers from overseas.
Mr. A. G. Dear mentioned that the few men he had had from England had turned out excellently.
Mr. Iff. McLeavey: “The Immigration Department always places the cart before the horse. Surely it should consult the farmers, and find out how many men are wanted before the immigrants are brought out to New Zealand.
Mr. Budden (secretary), pointed out that the executive already had passed a. resolution that the Government should be asked to curtail its immigration scheme. Discussion then lapsed.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3596, 8 February 1927, Page 3
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353FARMERS’ UNION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3596, 8 February 1927, Page 3
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