FARMERS' UNION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 391, 28 November 1932, Page 7

FARMERS' UNION

ROTORUA EXECUTIVE QUARTERLY MEETING AFFIRMS CONFIDENCE IN AUCKLAND. STOCK REMEDIES. There was a good attendance at the quarterly meeting of the Rotorua subprovincial execUtive of the New Zealand armsrs' Union whieh was held in Matamata last week,. delegates. being present from Rotorua, Tirau, Okoroire, Putaruru and Matamata branch'es. Mr. W. H. Allen presided, and Mr. A. E. Robinson, .provincial secretary, was in attendance. Cold Storage LicenSe. Referring to th'e; refusal of a cold storage license to a new proprietary company in Auckland, Mr. D. B. Higgins produced a letter frpm the Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company thanking the branch for its .assistance in the matter. Mr. Higgins remarked the application was now definitely turned down, but Mr. Robinson added that he expected it was only for the time being. Farmers hiad to he alive in the future. He stated that when the hooks were turned down in freezing space which' should never have been, granted, not only was permission on the quiet given to use these hooks, but the space was douhled. South Auckland Land Office. A suggestion that the South Auckland Land Office he moved to Hamilton found general approval. Mr. Allen said that a few years ago the head office of the Post Office Savings Banlc was in Auckland, but! this had been moved to Hamilton, which was the natural centre for the Waikato. Mr. Watkins pointed out that the need for economy was a sound argument against splitting an office. Mr. Allen replied that the Auckland District was the biggest in New Zealand, and it might he false economy to carry on with the present system. On the motion of Messrs. Higgins and Martin, it was decided to supp«ort the movement to get the South Auckland Land Office moved to Hamilton.

Stock Remedies. Mr. Robinson pointed out that the formula provided for in the Stock Remedies Bill would ha no more intelligible to farmers than the first certificate for manures. The Medical Association published a hook which gave the ingredients of all patent medicines and the cost. Something on the same lines was needsd for stock medicines. There was nothing in the Bill dealing with the process the chemicals had to go through, or dealing with the sala price, or for providing representation of farmers on the board. On the motion of Messrs. Higgins and Naylor, it was decided to protest that no provision was made for representatives of the farmers on the proposed board. Headquarter's Dispute. Refepence to the suggested breakaway by the Auckland province from the New Zealand Farmers' Union was made in committee. On resuming in open meeting it was decided, on the motion of Messrs. Bishop and Watkins: "That this meeting leave with' confidence the settlement of any dispute with the New Zealand Farmers' j Union in the hands of the Auckland exccutive."