CLEVEDON.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 437, 27 December 1918, Page 2

CLEVEDON.

FARMERS' UNION. A meeting of the Cievcdon branch of the Farmers' Union was held in the Public Hall, on Saturday, December 14th. The members present were Messrs 0 C Munro (President \ 0 A. Fawcett, P. Graham, A. D. Bell, J. Hancock and J. A. Gaudy (Secretary). The Secretary placed before the meeting a letter from the Auckland Hydro-Electric Power League, asking the Branch to send a delegate to a meeting and tour of in-pection inaugurated by Hie Hamilton Chamber of Commerce the tour to include Hora H>ra and Awapuni The President stated that owing to •h > epidemic the arrangements had be- a abandoned.— Arising from this latter, a discussion took place as to the present schemes being brought forward for installing hydro electric plants and the mee \rxg w*» of the opin-on that the centres fixed for the poTW phnts "oemed to be very far iway from 'He co'itres requmng p nwer _T t whs finally decided to writ* to -ha ' ranklin County Council aski»g the-n whether they had decided to take advmtago <>f the powers mw vested in local bodies with respect to burrowing; for the putting down of nectary plant etci, requiied to harne-s up available water-power in suitable district-, and pointing out the ia .1 chance the Hunua falls gave them and the Manukau G.unty of obtaining an electrical supply. It was decided to send a copy of the resolution also to the Manukau County It was decided to write the Railway Traffic Mauagerre the unsatisfactory service of stock trains to the Westfield'markets, the present service being so unsatisfactory that stick quite frequently arrived at the sale-yards after the sales were concluded, this meaning a serious loss to the owners ; and also that owing to the uncertainty of the service much stock ha.l to be sent by road It was also decided that as it; was quite time that dairymen looked

I BON carefully to their own interests, a general meeting of those interested in dairying in the district should be called for Jawwry 25 th next to consider the proposed amalgamation of the various dairy companies in the Cleveion and Waikato districts. Ordinary routine bWness was also dealt with. V