FARMERS’ CONFERENCE CONCLUDES
MANY REMITS PASSED Press Association FEILDING, Thursday. The interprovincial farmers' conference concluded to-day. The followinf ha e t m the Gov r el-nment e be asked to appoint" rabbit board inspectors as weeds inspectors and pay a share th T£a? al ?he eS i>ayliSht Saving Bill be th Tha? banks be asked to reduce overdrThatrasubsidies to local bodies be on all general rates collected. That the Government pay rates on Crown lands which had reverted to it after being occupied. That direct taxation should be on tne individual and not on companies. That the Government materially ieduce income tax on mortgage interest to make this form of investment more at That every motorist should have thirdPa, That the system of rural book-keeping be included in the school syllabus. That in harbour board elections the anomaly be rectified to enable rural voters to have the same franchise as town voters. That the Government assure a resular and sufficient supply of phosphate. That in view of the discrepancy in the price of phosphate in England and New Zealand, the Dominion executive should inquire into the question. The next conference wilt be held at Masterton, with Mr. K. W. Dairymple as chairman.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 369, 1 June 1928, Page 16
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