FARMERS' UNION.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 June 1918, Page 7

FARMERS' UNION.

AUCKLAND CONFERENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, May 30. , The Farmers' Conference resolved to iirye that land aunts' f-es be fixed by statute; that- steps he taken to secure the reduction of commissions charged by stock and land agents; that the Government will be urged to regulate the price of manures, anil control the supply of oil fuels, in order that essential industries may have precede ence; that the Government be asked to reduce railway charges on small .quantities of goods to the same rate as 011 large quantities not obtainable; that the Government be asked to end the Act dealing with horse stealing, so that any person removing a horse not his own can be prosecuted for theft; that the Government be urged to remove the protection of Californian quail.

The executive was" instructed to take ste;»s to secure protection for farmers from losses due to fires caused by. sparks from railway engines. A deputation from the " Good Roads Association waited on the conference, which resolved to urge the Government to adopt the Victorian system of construction and maintenance of roads. The conference decided that the question of the creation of small areas under rabbit boards be the subject of a remit for the Dominion Conference. OTAGO RESOLUTIONS. Dunedin, May 30. The Otago Provincial Council Farmers' Union held its a.nnual meeting today The following motions were carried; Thait the Government be urged to push forward afforestation, especially quick growing trees; that the Dominion conference and Government' endeavour to curtail the activities of the meat trust, and that the former be asked to consider methods whereby the output of meat can be disposed of in England under single control; that in order to apply science the practice of forming classes be held at experimental farms during slack times of the year and lectures and demonstrations given by Government experts; that a,n emphatic protest be entered against the issue of war loan scrip free of income tax; that the Government be asked to place taxation on a more equitable basis, the taxation on mortgages being considered unjust; that the Government take steps to check the increasing cost of farmers' materials and machinery, &nd that the price of wheat to consumer be.fixed; that the Government be urged to secure suitable phosphatic deposit.; that it arrange for immediate supplies, and also regulate the price of fertilisers: that a protest be made against the retention of persons of alien or enemy descent in responsible positions in the public service; that the .■conference view with alarm the number of first division reservists evading military service, contending that their property should be confiscated and pooled for the benefit of returned soldiers; that the retention of German colonies in the Pacific is vital to the welfare of Australasia: that the necessity for greater production and reduction in the cost of production he represented to the Government; that the Government be asked to abandon territorial camps till after the war.