FARMERS' UNION.

Otaki Mail, 8 February 1922, Page 3

FARMERS ' UNION.

MEETING of paemerston north branch. xne branch of the Farmers’ Union met on Srfurduy. The following remits were from the Dominion executive . tM! to “L‘ l i ,!; w pndPdVOUi’ "to weight.-—Tho meeting considered^ “slo.-k” was not sufficiently dettnou lt -Is decided to support the remit provided rhe words ‘‘live stock” were Otago.*— That 1 farmers be to .4,0 evidence in all arbitration -as Which directly or indirectly ake W interests. Supported. | Otago.—That aoptec l to reKictiou taken. , onSouthland. —That a protest be tered against the proposal to prohibit the export of rabbits and rabbit-k - burden.—No action object ion South Canterbury .-That j be made to the larger-sized m bags, and that the bags be kept hundredweight size.—Supported. South Canterbury.—That 3 , S tbe presentations be made duty of 25 per cent, on V manure bags under the xevrsed tariff, as it must result, in high prices for tilisers.—Supported. w -lwaY 1 Marlborough..—That the _ 1 k department bo urged to l ' Tl " s _ flock shifted from tick-infested areaKinder the T egulations.--Snpported. I North Canterbury.— That the t Irnment should use its influence to the rate of bank interest ■KjLith that of Great Britain. sCnbn taken. , ,- n i I Poverty Bay.-That a |eduction be made in the valuation o 1,11 agricultural and pastoral land Isew Zealand, or that a reduction of the Kvar tax be made.—Supported, ft Auckland.—That no alteration w lever be made in. the Customs tanlr e. Kept by Parliament, and that ® SLnabliiig alterations to be ™ a 0 WJrdcr-iu-Couiicil be repealed.— SupP 0 ' Kd.