HOLDING BACK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 7

HOLDING BACK.

i i BDERA-; : W :^^^-.pi,! : i^(waHoN)^:^^:%«;-t:-jv; itoot •pladef-it.-the'-annual-'meeti ,, ing., of-i e--'housemen's • Association- last ■ eve»in % on • the' de- r .sirabjlity pf-fprininp;a.ifsdcratip'ik.'of the'thrje' -Wellinjv tb'D.'iaiid^Duriedin^:^:^.^'^:^.! , i; , XJ.- Turribull ,m 0 ved :-r-;.; USi 'A ■ '■■' ,1 ■■.'.;• {,'' ;';;:■.That,:;in:-jie-,op}mo.ni,bf: the•-.memjbers?.'pf:V'' : &the..' ijssocia ticn,.lt,!is-.essential, tliatafedera-';.''' S.tio'n ,;p{.v.the..vNew- Zealand •asspciations' ; ,De (4 .■■;iifprm<4;"a'i>A'-.th^ .-'.: AWith;'Austroiian..arid'- siiri'i lar;,' ho.dies ''. be ieldx •" ■:;.overM'untn;siicli:federation, tV' y The'.moyer; ppintei'butjthat'lJuiicdiri hai-de-S cline'd ; to ;;b'o'':assboiated. with'. the-inovemerit' tli ;'establish.'; a' /New , ;Zen)and' federation; 4t ■ the'- : ;oorifereh6e :; i'eld'-tb;--':discus3 ; '.-the'' matter,, it Had,been ;,pointed^put-that the , .Wellington as'socia-; : tiori ! did ::npt-Sb'are '.where. :theVheaaf[uartefs- ; of . the-federatibn.-miglit.be, iwhether in Auoklarid, -Wellington;;or; : Dunedin,-,;Both -AiielUnnd and ; with.-; the.'Anstralasian •'. f e'deratiqn'y whioh' - had 'ns.heailq'nartefs in;:Melbourae. ; ; .. ,: --• .-. ,-;,;.■;.;, '^'Hrl^'C^S^-Leyers ;sa,id that;thp : rriews-ox'- ; .pressed-ia't -the , '; conference -were'ah/:'.favour, of' estabhshiugfV a, sNew."; Zealand 'fedora'tioii;. '■•Hβ , .believed-that; : such''a fedevatiori ; of 'the clubs 1 •!S\ u ¥ t —• l in ' he , : interests -of ■' travellers; .Whether iit;. was;desirable to; affiliate"with: , theAustralasian.'or :ariy'.;other body, was/amitter whioh 'could be .'oonsidered: .after the -federation within; the Dominion: had ;bcen : brought about;'' '.' Mr :-. J-,,w ; ;Chambers; said 'that. af:.the ;cbrilerence J.the; ■Dunedm.- : had.'■' beeii : flnable -to; particularise-'ariy.; of -the'' benefits ,they,had.received'from unipa with-.th"e.:Austral-asian:body, and^here'see.medto: be;riothirig-in it-more,thantthe..glory .of' belonging: : to : -'a^big : federation.v , :>They,rmust.;have-.a J^eV; Z«alanJ ; federation,';:and,;if;"l)unedinr!:caine-in-,very' , shortly-,the-associations..wonld: be 2000 stTonev ,Moreover,-, vthey .wereXlooking.-forward,-- 'to .'■ -V .world'svfederation.:'.v. : -.-: ;,-- -v :V;;;.;-..;v iJ..;; ; '.'■-" M r v' J-; Gormley.'Vohairm'an .;of the'•■Auoklarid ;associatipn,-:;was:asked!forvthe opinion , ; of-. the' ;northern!.ass6o.iation. .;'He'said that-Auckland ■wodd:Wot'.'aßree-:'.toV-affiUation..VitK--..'Anstralf(?' and ;wouM: %ten : ;in,advocat.ng,th e -estati ishmerit of ,a; New K l^ind. federation., ..(Applause.)-.■■■■- .-■' ::i .:':vS"; ;-;;The..:;motipn:%wM;^carried^ : linaniriibusly.'';:: -?- : '.