FARMERS' UNION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 393, 19 May 1910, Page 5

FARMERS' UNION

TARANAKI PROVINCIAL CONFER- ' . ENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Eltham, Last Night. The annual Turanaki Provincial Conference of the Farmers' Union opened to-day and passed a resolution of sorrow, at the death of the King and adjourned til'l the afternoon. The annual report showed an improve- ' ment in the position of the Union ill Taranaki. Three new branches "were started during the year and four resuscitated. In some parts of the province, where there was room for (branches, there was not sufficient support to justify their formation. The influence of the Union made itself felt in various questions, nnd refwemc was made to the youth of the Union and its increased activity, particularly in Auckland and Wellington provinces, and a hope was expressed that Taranaki would continue to do its share in extending the scope and influence of the Union. Mr. J. W. Jones was re-elected president, and Mr. E. Maxwell representative! at the Dominion Conference. Remits were agreed to, urging the withdrawal of the condition in tho grnnts for roads and bridges tihat expenses of engineering and supervision 1)0 charged against the local body. That .persons borrowing from tli'e Stato he allowed to insure a building in any, reputable five office. That a milk-testing association sihoull ibe initiated on the lines of the Dalffickl Association. That tiny further attempt to impost further unfair taxation on lands be resisted. That the present system of valuing land for taxation be altered in favor of annual value taxation. That the Agricultural Department issue monthly journals. That agricultural statistics Ibe collected through the post. That noxious weeds be cut earlier and the Act. more stringently enforced. Tlhe Conference resumes in the mOTl* in«.