FARMERS IN POLITICS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 5, 25 May 1914, Page 5

FARMERS IN POLITICS.

—— aw SOUTH CANTI'IUJURV VIEWS. »'.«

By Tekgraph— Prtws Association. ."| .. ~ Timaru, Saturday. ;$. At the annual meeting of the Souto Canterbury Piovineial t»*iy, the report mentitoiicd that atew'J had been tokn, to domC9tfc h X| , tine lack of which made too heavy a 3*l on farmers' wives, especially at Wwti t»to, and it was affecting «ho technical schools' Shearing chraeiaF ! tliTee centres hod been very success&iliU as well as wool-classing. ' hadbeen rather spoiled by ram. and ths yields (1 isa.ppointing. The production «u I decreasing, and there was no need to««tJ<« tate. for a reduction in the AuatreiSo'i} tariff on wheat, as there was not iik&A to be any. export in that dircotiion. tint the other hand, wool and fat lambs mtf* fetching good' prices, and fanners .w«e J Burning more attention to graztnjr audi dairying. a jj Military training ,was acknowledged tali! be necessary, but the camps caused jmaCT inconvenience ito farmer bv drawing*] bo many men. It would be bettor if tnel camps were longer, and the men token && batches. ' •'» Captain Garland said' thnt fcho needed training in handling large bodietiA 1 ; therefore the bigger the camps the bet-K ter. -■. r^\

Bpgdj-dinsf sWrkors and' objector*, chairman t-hcnis»ht that the mimfan <£'■s thesis uvre not lwrjfo, find it would bej' i betitwr (o leave them out and dopri'wld them of fclip ri slits of citizenships wWr>!i views ir-Mio- spemVeiv. The American mwit trußt w«m. tioncA The *>liaimwin >.iiil 1 f.We WMffif ,10 dhnnci of 'l)h«_ t.riwt mtjnoprfViinr wftfil duction or freezing, and at preM&t .trust xvns helping prttfueerg «s a petitor in buying. ,fM Keirawlinfl; d'omwtic lve'p, information '" 3 iwl received tilmt the fodv who t» wlltet and brinjr out fifty iudvincd.% that it w«.si impornibJe to jret an vthing, Jike that number, and many applicant* V smist be disappointed. ; Tww renifits to till? Dominion Confer- ■ 'j em'fi were adopted: That the nil" of th« <*3 nctul b<> made Uie mV of the footpath '*] v in tlie towns and thai the Unfan should iharft more Tj on the Boa mil of ApmVultitrp, a« Wing in v closer frrvush with tlie farnrors than the A A. and ]'. associations. , ; 'j Mr John Talbot war tv-elected prosif* dent and DkynVinion ile'iwat™. 1 j ' $