BEEKEEPERS' CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 137, 19 September 1910, Page 5

BEEKEEPERS' CONFERENCE

CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS.. /. ' J By Telegraph.—Pi-ess AssooktlOß. ' ''¥jm Wellington, Last Night. VjS The Beekeepers' Conference coacludej vJHI yesterday. ,It was decided that a* thaf*|H system of artificial ripening of honey is -'ra| entirely unsuited to atmospheric condi* <ra9 tions of many parts of New Zealand, the fact should be openly notified by the ; j|l department's instructors. Secretaries of '|3 affiliated associations are to send ki :w| nominations for the c cecutive \"«fi election before October 31st. A '.M tion from the Beekeepers' Confereßce 1 will wait on the Minister of Agriculture .jq| on Monday and lay before him the fol* ¥ pi lowing resolution: That irt view of the 'l&i rapid advance in the total output of » ',J| New Zealand apiaries and consequent ia«, 'v.fs creasingly unsatisfactory state of local•>>|| markets the Government should urged to do all in its power to assist the export trade, firstly,'by appointing >i| an official grader for the English market' with a view to maintaining an even standard of New Zealand honey; secoid- ;• raj ly, by enquiring into, and, if possible, AW suggesting a method of effecting a re- ■, ;i|jj duction of the excessive landing chary ..i Sal at present prevailing in London, The Minister will also be asked to oonfen l 9| with the Minister of Railway* as to the re-classification of railway freights, al : A these affect beekeepers. The chief re« > -J duction to be asked for is a reduced rate t ' . : jj on honey consigned for export. The re-> « duction will also be requested on railett honey, which had already travelled M j*| locally produced.