WELLINGTON TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 729, 31 January 1910, Page 7

WELLINGTON TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

There, was a largo, attendance of menir bers ,at'' the annual meeting of the Wellington ..Typographical Union, hold, ; on Saturday evening 'at the , Oddfellows' Hall, and.Mr. E. Jones (president) occupied the chair.. Tho ; exeoutivo. of. tho Now Zealand " Federated .Typographical Association forwarded the proposed coUt ditions formulated '• by., the Wes'tland Typographical Union to govern.the conditions of machine and hand 'work, and after, consideration: of "the draft proposals, it :was. : decided -to accept them with two or three verbal alterations. .The report and balance-sheet -were adopted with, the exception of Clause 11. of. the' report, which recommended" that .o, sum of money besot aside.as a separate fund .to meet matured retiring allowances.'.. It was decided to .guarantee 1 to take 240 oopies iveokly of tho Labour paper (the"Weekly, Herald") forVfurtker term -of three, months. On tho: recommendation of -the"'board-'it' was resolved ;that tho ■sum .bf'-'.X2O. be forwarded to the wives and ohildren; of the New South .Wales coal : miners now oh strike to secure hotter working conditions; and tho-abtioh of the Wade-Government in passing the recent labour 'and' anti-strike -legislation:' was'.severely.'o.riticised;3as was' Mr. Wade'suttera'heos at .a recent 'function in .Wei-, lington',.in .which he (Jealt.-with the strike and tho leaders of tho,iuen. ; ' A. further motion was carried expressing sympathy with those unionists; who have been imprisoned in. New- South Wales for, fighting- the cause of, their fellow-workers. In accordance "with the rules of - tho union ,a ballot; will''have to be'taken.to confirm tho decision to votoi£2o as above noted." Other business of a routine naturo was d*alt with.. The election of.oflicers resulted as follows:—President, Mr. E. Jones (re-elected); - vice-gresident,V" Mr. G. "C. Barker (re-eleoted unopposed); sec"-retary-treasureri'' Mr. ;J. W. : V -,E.' M'Dougall (re-elected unopposed); truseteg of general fund, Messrs. T. M'lntyre and P. -Riddick : (re-elected unopposed); trustees mortality fund,, Messrs;. W. C. Millar'and W: Sutherland;,union 'representatives','on board, Messrs. F. W; Swift (re-eltoted), W. Stevens - (re-elected), and J. Wudley; auditors, Messrs. F\R.. Curtis andG.'.W. Thirkell (re-eleoted -unopposed). The ..meeting adjourned after passing .votes.' of '.thanks to the: officebearers and the Board of Management for their past, services.'...: