N.Z. FARMERS’ UNION.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 289, 23 May 1929, Page 3

N.Z. FARMERS’ UNION.

PUTARURU BRANCH. Discussion on Remits. To attempt to discuss 126 remits that will come before the Auckland Provincial Conference of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union was the Herculean task faced by the Putaruru branch of the union at a meeting held og Saturday. The president, Mr. A. R. Vosper, was in the j chair, and that the meeting reached the 96th remit before being compelled to adjourn speaks well for the chairman and the application applied by members. The remits ranged over a variety of subjects, many of them by their contentious nature likely to have a stormy passage through the conference. Many of the remits were left to the discretion of the branch’s delegate, Mr. L. M. Nicklin (secretary).

V aluations. The remit from Opotiki that the Valuer-General be requested to supply to land owners when a revaluation is taking place, the rateable value of the locality or riding, as well as the rateable value of the particular county, when notices of valuation are being sent out,” caused some discussion, Mr. Addenbrooke remarking that he did not see how it could be worked. That a man should know the valI uation placed on his property was the opinion of Mr. A. R. Vosper, especially as he paid £2 12s 6d valuation fee. Mr. W. Baldwin agreed with Mr. Vesper that a man should know the details of his valuation. Mr. Vosper expressed the opinion that it was a big th’ng to ask, and Mr. Peters added that the union should not send in remits which j

i would add to the work of the GovI ernment departments. Such remits | were likely to “ get the backs up ” j of the departments. It was decided to leave the remit to the discretion of the delegate (Mr. j Nicklin). Telephone Charges. . The remit from the Waikato subj Province to the effect that the con- / ference considers that the basis of charges for rural telephones should be materially lowered, was agreed to, it being generally held that the

’ charges were too high, especially for those well out in tbe country. The 8 Tokoroa settlers found the cost of 1 I connection with Putaruru prohibi- " tive. Pork Subsidy. j The Bay of Islands remit, to the , effect that the present method of „ . Paying the pork subsidy is entirely

' j unsatisfactory to dairy farmers, and ; that Government assistance should be in the form of a minimum vrire 1 guarantee, was refereed to Mr. E. D. White for his opinion, and he said that the whole scheme had gone astrav. Some of the proprietary concerns had been getting benefits. | Thev had been getting subsidy and jit should be wiped out altogether, j The remit was suno'wtorl by the ’ l unless handled on different lines, meeting. Some 30 remits P’-esident and secretary to deal with. H TT’ it.’. i. ,