PAINTERS AND DECORATORS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 6

PAINTERS AND DECORATORS

; : : ; : ; 'SPEECHi!S^'O^ : :IiA^UE'' : ' iThe)''Ainaig'amated' Society' of' Painters i,3nd; Decorators held : a'very;pleasant'smoke concert, at. the' Alexarfdra-' Hall last evenihg.'.Mr.'W.; Cooper-'presiding^'o'vor.'ia-. large gathering. .:Mr. W. C. Noof, president/of the. Wellington Trades and Labour Council, present !In. proposing,,the ' the .Trades Council,' -Mr'/ Benson remarked that it" had lone • spleridid : and it was dese;iSHh'g:o'f.all 1 '.'.,;. -.:•'■■' ~'\ ii reply,.' Mr.\'E.''.J;,'Carey'-:said,.-be'-i.waS, 'firmly.-'ofopinidi ; 'that',the'. delegates, ..who ,at-, 'tended : tne-:-,m'eetings :Of"the :. council-, did,.. so I without .'any'desire .■ of personal gain, '. and -with-;' 'out any'thought but lor the best,interests of: the' workers, and they did .not remember. 1 iny' l^ifforences''of opinion after. leaydhgithe'.meeting'room. ".,- .''" ■■'.;.': '"■•'.: .--;■■ ':■ ''■'.', -"''■. I': The:health :of''Tfindred 'Onions wa3' pro-.'i 'posed, by -Mr.--F. Eeyling/ ;He: accorded ; them his. best wishes-for th,eir'future, welfare;;. , .',■;;, :■' -Mr.-. My.'J;'; -.Eeardbn •remarked '-that ..inore; camaraderie' ;would not come' amiss. ' This, he. thought;-'.would have ; the'effect' of abolishing sectional -unionisms-,The. council .desired' the union' of "all'workers,'whether they were amployed'at manual of intellectual labour. . In proposing the toast..of .the,'-.'. '."Painters' Hnion,"- Air., E.!' Jp- Carey. said> that' they; had the ;best-preference clause : existing in., New: ■Zealand.'.He the union' had been, able :to';set. aside a ; sum. to. provide for, accidents.and;Bick.'benefits'for-its- members. It. had ; 'also 'iassisted.'; in !■ the.' chief • labour., move-mentsvAand-he 4a'd. much-.,pleasure.;in ,wishing the'-! members \of 'that 'union: continued success • -and .prosperity..-. •■ >■■'~'■'•""■''■'■ ':.''■',,-.■■' , ,',: ; !Mr. ; Cooper,, lint, reply;'- said -"there'.- was?, somethingi more-in: unionism', than.-. fighting- the . The -men, wanted; a'fair- deal, all round, and they,:got it..-, The preference,clause was all'.right—workers;had to join. it-fbut all of .them .were-not. satisfactory members.-;( Hear, hear.)''.-He -paid a. : ,high tribute to' the secre-, ,'tary;': ; ilr.:T.xEeyling,' .toVwhom the. credit,for ;'tho Success'achieved 1 -by 'the, union was greatly' ■'duev'-V'• '."■'■■.''''■•■■'.-: :.--..-.,.'-,.::' ■;'■':...>:.■. " ; ,,'.'./ ... i. 'Mr:-.Eeyling said:thal;Vbeing-a;.nnion.secretary was !not all beer-and skittles,- but ..perhaps.it was better than being.'.under.an:omplpyer. In-, stead; o£,'airing ,in V tb.e,-street,,' pJI . members should expressKthe'mvat meeting's, and: difficulties would be smoothed:over. The preference clause, was'-'accepted/by-the employers without demur.- Some thought that-they could do wi'bwit it, but.let'.them: cancel, their .-regis-, tratibri.'.i Then they, might earn'.te.;or,ss..'..a»day. ,• iDuririg the evening, .musical items were rendered : by<Messrs;'' J; 'Hoonan, J.',' H. S! Brown?!Wi'Barnes, D.Twohili; and others.'