NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' UNION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3121, 23 February 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND FARMERS' UNION.

MEETING OF PAHIATUA BRANCH By Telegraph —Press Association. PAHIATUA, February 22. At a meeting of the Pahiatua branch of the New Zealand Farmers' Union, on Saturday, Hon. A. W. Hogg's recent statement as to his being favourable to the State issue of money was adversely criticised. It was resolved "That we, as farmers, are opposed to any wild-cat financial scheme which would have the probable effect of creating a financial crisis in New Zealand, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Colonial Executive of the Union." It was also decided that a meeting of delegates from various branches of the Farmers' Union, including Mauriceville, Woodville, and Pongaroa, be held in Pahiatua to consider the position of the meat trade and the advisableness of establishing freezing works. A committee of the branch also reported regarding the milk standard fixed by the Health Department, which is instituting actions against dairymen in various parts of the Dominion. The committee reported that the legal standard was unnecessarily high and difficult to obtain. It was resolved to forward a copy of the report to the Colonial Executive of the Farmers' Union with a request tha it be forwarded to the Health Department.