Warea News

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 793, 8 April 1905, Page 2

Warea News

(From Our Correspondent.) The Warea branch of the New Zoalaml Fa/rimers' Union held their an- • nuaP'meeting on Monday, the prcsi- ' dont, Mr J. Burgestf, in the chair. About twenty members were present. < The secretary reported that the membership' had increased from thirty ■ members to 78. The 'balance sheet showed a surplus of £2 7s lid, which i was considered' very satisfactory. Mr Burgess read a circular from Mil lk>ddie, President of tho Provincial Executive, dealing with the finance of the Union, ami urging that every branch shouhl be careful to elect their best men as offioers for the j ensuing ye'r. The President oi the branch (Mr Burgess) gave a brief resume of the year's work, and touched upon the smnllmss of the subscriptions compared with other unions, also the very half hearted way members rollup to meetings, leaving the work to ft few enthusiastic men. Jf the union jwas going to be successful ull this must be altered. The speaker then gave a few instances where the union had done good work during the I past year, the mosl important being the starting of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Association, and the I present agitation f o r the freehold, land valuations modiiled, etc. The jvfect.ion of oflicers resulted .—President, Mr J. Burgess; Vice Precedent Mr M«cLaoh(lttn ; Treasurer, Sir Burgess ; Secretary Mr H. .1. Valintine; Committee, Messrs, J. ,J. Klwin, S. J. Millar T. E. Larkin, (!. P. Jones, T. Lobin, T. Twig, W, Gr.iy AV Clothiec ; Delegate, "Mr J. Burgess. The yoasly subscription gave rise to considerable talk and various amounts wijre proposed, from live i shilling to £l, Mr Sam Jones de- : jclaring 'his belief that every farmer should put down £5 for throe |years to (dace the union in a sound financial position. A resolution tui ' j make tho subscription ten shillings per annum, to be paid in two in■jstalments, was eventually carried. It '| was proposed by Mr MacLachlan and ' seconded by Mr J. J. KJwin and ' l ied that Messrs Burgess and Valentine be given a hearty vote of ' .Ihanks for their services in the past 1 'year. The next meeting was lixod for the 17th of April, when it was ' hoped Uiere would be a good attendance of members as remits for Uie , j order paper for the Provincial con- ' :ferenco at Stratford will have to be f prepared. The conference is to be ■ held on the 17th and 18th of May. _ | The young people of Warea are

looking for the Waroa plain and fanj I y dress ball to be held on the 19th f | f this month in aid of the hall funds, and it is to be hoped that , | the weather will be favourable. ' I Mr Coleman, of New Plymough, | has jusl completed a ten roomed .house for Mr A. Clothier, and has hereby earned himself a reputation of being a first class tradesman.