FRUIT BROKING INTERESTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 605, 7 September 1909, Page 6

FRUIT BROKING INTERESTS.

; .SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE. ;'.-.The NeA Zealand' Fruit BrdlioTs' Association, which last year had./as its most interesting item! tho fruit .import restrictions- as applied; to tho Islands trade, met for tho second anhual; cdnferehce' at the; Grand-Hotel, .-Wellington, yesterday. It is', expected to finish' to-morrow evening. Mr. F/ Towrisend prenided! ' The following' .are tho representative 'delegates . attending Wellington: The president' (Mr. FiTownsend). and Messrs. E. B. BriStow, F. C. A. Griffiths, A. W. Press, W. Brown,■ and D. F. Skinner(secretary);, flunedin /'Messrs! A.'. Mortizsen, E. .o.' Reilljy S. ' Mosspahd T. Paterson. Christchurcli: A';. Marshall, Auckland: ;;Messrs;';A': ,! E.. Glover, M.P., A. Tooir.an, and ■T. Ho war til.' The ; conference is. not open to"; newspaper representatives. - • ... The business of the* morning embraced tlio president's brief .address,; the presentation .of the : balance-sheet, : . and the election of the following officers President, Mr, T. Townsend -/re-elected); executive, Messrs: Thompson (Wellington),- ' M'Kay.. (luvorcargill), : Haybittle, Griffiths, Brown, Paterson, Macfarlaiic, Tooman,; and Howard. Mr. D. F. Skinner was re-fleeted secretary.. ■'During the. .conference' Mr. Tooman will read a paper on "Tho Past, Present, and Future-of 'tho Fruit ,'lndustry," . 'and Sir. .Glover, J\I.P ; , give an address on the Eaotcrn Pacilic trade."' . A deputation from the .conference may bo arranged' to discuss with the Minister for Eailwaya (Hon. J.'A. Millar), the question of freights. Considerable discussion took place with 'e-. gard to freights on fruits, and arrangements •wore .made for .bringing certain, apparent injustices in freights before tho' Minister by deputation to-day. , , ; . .- . Tho_ meeting also arranged,certain matters for discussion with the manager of the JJnion; Steam Ship Company. : 'An invitation from tho Union Company to delegates to , a luncheon on one of tho company's steamoj-s was received. ' , , •