FARMERS’ UNION
CONFERENCE IN INVERCARGILL. INVERCARGILL, May 29. The annual provincial conference of the Farmers' Union was held here to-day, when remits were carried protesting against the duty being raised on imported timber, demanding that the Government must not tax insurable property to rebuild the devastated earthquake areas, approving of the principle of a collective co-operative scheme of marketing dairy produce, urging the Government to introduce legislation to institute a compulsory National Provident Fund, recommending that the Unemployment Board be recommended to give constant employment to the unemployed at a lower rate per day than at present. Ten shillings a day for married men and six shillings for single were suggested.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19310602.2.61
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Otago Witness, Issue 4029, 2 June 1931, Page 17
Word count
Tapeke kupu
111FARMERS’ UNION Otago Witness, Issue 4029, 2 June 1931, Page 17
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Witness. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in