Junior Chamber's Final Tea Meeting For Year

Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1949, Page 4

Junior Chamber's Final Tea Meeting For Year

Held fbftiii^Miy t/hfbuth8ut th§ vedr, the Lekhi ^ Unlpf .Ohkhlber . df Gomrriefce conclUded its 194k tea feeetings last evehing; These |tiriptions have prpved a, popular part of the orgahisafibh's activitie§ ahd for that reason never failed to draw a large .attendance. Thty haVe served admirably-. to. develop two of the chaihbef's , fbiirfoid *dbject0— fedbwSbip in tihe ' infbrmal g§.therhig fbf te"a ahd ediieatidh thrbtigh the gliest spetlkirS: Ih additibh the ifibetings have bteated the ehthuSiasih i'br ahyfliihg, the, bh^mbef ihaj liaV§ 'SjcSbhipiished iii fdirtheirf ariee of itS bthfef tWo dims— sefk'ice arid Ubtibri. ' "

Giiest Sbdaker list. evening Was the Cbriiiriissidrier bf Apbffeniibe'siiipl, Mf. H. Mb^ueeh, who gave ari ihf bfhiritive talk bh . the Wotk of his departiiierit With its six district cdmmissiohers ahd appfbri.tieesnip coirimittees. Today there wbre 13,000 apprentiees in the 113 tfades pr epiriibinations. pf .trades ih the Domipion, he said. Statistics cOmpiled showed that two out bf evbry five boys bfefcdme apprenticed to a Skilled trade oh lea.ving schodi, ahd the speaker ciaimfed that} iii the riiajority df bases they wbte seekihg the sebufity of a trade rather thah thfe iniiriediats mdrietar^ retiirn. Tdubhilig bri the WagbS qiiestiori, Mr. McQiieeri said that up to quite recently thfe wagfes ^aid ..to ajjhferibiiefes Were bn thfe. Basis bf a givfefi Sufri fbr paftibiiiar years, ilfetesSitatirig a revislbri evfefy tiriife a .trade Was gWfen a hew dward. NoW, hbWevfer, wagfes Weffe fixdd Oh a pfer,centages basiS,. cbhimencirig at 23 per cerit. of the ra,te payable td jburrieyhieh arid risirig to 77 per ceht. iri the flnal six riioriths. Mr. McQue'en answered a number of questioris arid was accbrded a hearty vote of thanks. In concluding the meeting, the presideiit, Mr. R. H. Long, thankpd irierribers , fof theif work during the year and extended good wishes to them for the holiday season. He gave a reminder of the ladies' evening on Saturday, which was to mark the. termination . bf the chamber' actiVitieS Until 1950.