INGLEWOOD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 136, 29 June 1901, Page 2

INGLEWOOD.

' (PltOM OUR OWN COBRKSP WDEST). A meetixo of tho lojal branch of the New Z a'and Farmers Union was h Id i in tbe P tmh H-'l l oi sd iy night, ito hear the report of the delegate. It 1 seems, ai far a-; ] can gat!i r, that things wer.s in a ptrfect muddle at the Provlnei-il Conference. M'ir.eys 'o the amount of £7O odd w.ite paid into the p'ovincal 'rrasurer, but when tbe auiitor ashed f r vouchers, aid bojks showing the amount c dlecWJ U-'-re 'ho o infere'ice, a d tin receipts ft i- advtT-idr-jf an-1 hill hire, &,t, i • a-s f.u d t, 1 y u-er* in Ma"gO'-ei, so abs lu'fly no hing was -lone as far a« ti.e was loocemtd. Tnen with tegard to the resolutions referring t) .(iterationj in m'es and p'atform, it w.»s found tbat tin vo'ing ivas one br-ineh dt-lsgita one vo e, not each bra> eh d'.log te t.o have as m-ny votes as.memb'rs on the roll, li'houg'o M". Gla s in organising the' district, -aid the latter ourso wou'd be idopte'. Alt igrtlier ill i meuting n'as 'lot sa'isG.d with tha confe e : .c ', and passed reso'u ions o : ''j 'e'ii'g to tiianisng of the membois'subserip'ions and al=o objecting to the Union starting a newspaper. The ge; oral I'pin.on of the I'on'e Mr. Gliss wss a gool canva-:ser but uo orgir.is.ar. The local company <.£ the Ta- a-mki [nfan'ry Bittalion arrive! home last *Vidn >dny mo ning, at 6 o'clockalong with the Ingle ivcol ontir.g lit 1 of the Ilawera Mounted Ri lies, The j mounted mm'spok- Vs-ry highly of their trip, with the exception of the fooJ | .supp'iod th«m in Wellington, which is much to bo. regre'tid, as the Govern-! \ rnon 1 ". ail iwance w<\s 4s pr Jav p'lr j | inan, uni any contr'ctor who cou'd not , |prA'ide trot-ps wrll at tbat price, never ll iought to bo given an army contract.' |Acco.d : ng ta ono-tivrper, the rations', jd a-vn by the men camp id iu Newton 1 j pirk, wou'd rot coat the contractor 1 ] six pence a day por man. ' I [Wo may coirecti our correspondent | tin rcga;d to the aliowaoce. The 4s ( ivas to bj paid to the meo, l-'ss Is Gd a jday for rations.—En.] I,