Move To Organise Levin's Manufacturers

Chronicle (Levin), 5 February 1948, Page 4

Move To Organise Levin's Manufacturers

*p — "yie d-b not feaf tb tackig-j,by probiem, . goyerflmefltsisl or , bth||wise, br IriterfeT'e With atty legislative control i! it is iiece&s'ary to see ttiai the riianiifacttlrei'S get a fair deal," said. tlie p'fbMdtht -|)f -tKe Maiiawatii fefaricli b'f tlig wellihgf ton Manufacturers'' A^sotiatibn, Mr. L. D. Burgess, speaking at Levin oh Tuesday, night. ."Howeyer, tne assbciation, . for obvipus reasons, does not handle industrial disput.es." , . ... -He was ad'dressing , a, meeting held in the' Oddfeliows' Hau, when an endfeavpur was made 4o solicit membership fro'm „ the , mahuiacturers in Levin. .He was accompanied by the vice-p,resident,,Mr. S. Penketh and councillors E: G. Kihsey, B. R. Falkner, B. R. Austin and J. Ash. The pui'pose b'f the. assbciation - was ,tb lifelp . rnahufltbtiirers in all probl'ems that they could not haridle, • bi" eould no.t-fihd time to handle themselves. The association's full and efficient orgahisation was open to any meihber. ' Problems of siipply were one of the main diffictilties whieh ".the associatibn could help to overcome. In many ihstances, it would take actioh and the matter coul'd bfe cleared up in a few hbufs, whereas irf left to the small manufactiifer weeks hiight lapsb befoi'e anything waS dbne. PrOmpt and fearless actioh cottld and o'ften was taken by the associatibn. Upoh gainiiig membership to the associatioh, ah applicant Was drafted' to thfe appfopriate- tfade' gfotip tb wfiich hfe wbuld belohg. This meant that a manufacturer of a certain typ'fe bf clothihg WoUld belo'ng to a sbft-gobds gro'up, a cabinfetmaker to the cabihetmak-

ers' group and , so on. Each gro'up had an armually appointed chairnian and met once a month. Then there was the Manawatu branch ot the association. . In "that organisa-. tion, a presi'de'nt and twelve councillors wfere elected and ali matters whieh could not be handlfed by the trade groups wero considereg at the meetings. Tf" the b'ranch could not haridle /thfe matter, _ it went to the WfeUiflgton Associatibn i • -and... -if-.they.. ,coUld..no.t: ±ak& care bf it, it- would be handed over to the New Zealand Federation. Thus thfe scopfe would prove to be limitless as the federation • was rep'resentative of all mamifaeturers ih NeW Zealand. When Mr. Burgess coneluded, Mr. Penketh gind Mr. Falkher gavfe. sbme instances bf the association's Wbrk. Could the association help to ob'tain mbi-e bottles for his ihdustr^r, afekfed a Ibcal cbrdial nianufacttifer. Thfe probiem of a shortage bf glass not bnly existfed ih Nfew Zfealarid, b'tit also iii Australia ahd, . in fact; thrbiighortt the world,- rfep'iied Mr: Btifgfess. Thfe ghortagfe was catisfe'd through inadeqtiatfe supplies bf sbda asti: Thfe assbfeiatibri ih brbbability cbtild db somfetliihg: It could hot promise immediate ffelief bht lf, hedfesfeary it would gb bUt of New ZeUldnd to fihd what it Wdiitfed: Mr. - Bufgfess qtibtfed Sevefai instaiifefeS bf how thfe Ussbci&tibh had seht fhfeh tb Englarid ahd Eiirbpfe tb ' obtaih SuppifeS bf matfei'ials bf atterid tb Want§ bf hiantifactufefs. ^ ; „