NURSERYMEN'S CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1918, Page 4

NURSERYMEN'S CONFERENCE

A PATRIOTIC RESOLUTION. THE PRESIDENT'S ADVICE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christehitrch, Last Night. At the nurserymen's conference tht following motion was carried: That the New Zealand Association of Nurserymen, in conference assembled, place on record their unabated faith in the righteousness and justice of the cause for which the British people and their allies are fighting, and their confidence in tlio final triumph of the principle of moral right over bruto force and military despotism, and they hereby pledge themselves to assist the Government to prosecute the war to a successful issue; and, further, they desire to place on record our thankfulness to Almighty God ,for the comparative success so far achieved, and for the peace and immunity from devastating ravages of war that, have been enjoyed by the Empire as a whole, and by this dominion in particular, In the course of his addreßß to the conference, the Hon. W. D. S. Macdonald, referring to the great advance of the fruit industry, said that at present the markets were alfeeted, owing to the want of shipping facilities, but the Introduction of adequate cool storage would solve many problems inside the The industry had increased by leaps, and bounds, and it promised to be a source of great, wealth to the country when conditions became normal again. The president, in his address, strongly urged nurserymen to pay attention to the propagation of native trees, as NeW Zealand had one of the finest floras in the world. Officers were elected as follows: President, T. Waugh (Wellington); viceprosidents, D. A. Hay (North Island) and A. W. Buxton (South Island); secretary and treasurer, G. A. Green j committees, for the North Island, G. J, McKay, A. McDonald and W. S. Johnston, and for the South Island, G, W. Ivory, J. Milliohamp and W. JL. Grant.