BUILDING SOCIETY CONGRESS.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2404, 9 March 1915, Page 9

BUILDING SOCIETY CONGRESS.

Sir,—On August 11 and 12, 1914, at the Hotel Metropole, London, England, there was held an International Congress of Building and Loan Associations, as generally known in tie United States, building societies, as known in Great Britain, housing companies, as known in paris of Continental Europe, Starr-Bowkett societies, as known in Australia and New Zealand, co-opera-tive banks, as known in Massachusetts, homestead associations, as known in Louisiana, and kindred organisations. This congress adjourned to meet during the Panama Exposition at San < Francisco in August, 1915. At this first International Congress we had representatives present from South Africa, British Guiana, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England, and a paper from a gentleman in France. We did not have any representative from New Zealand or Australia. We are very anxious to have these countries represented at the meeting in San Francisco in August of this year. Wo are not acquainted with tho representative building society men of Kow Zealand or Australia, and wo take this method of addressing vou to learn their names and addresses. "Will you please to give" - publicity to this request, and also send us the names and addresses of men interested in'these home building companies, so that wo can correspond with them at once? We are specially desirous of having some representatives, from your "country take part in the programme at San Francisco. If Hvs dfl% list. of.

general organisations of these societies, will you please to let us know the names and addresses of their presidents and secretaries P

Trusting that you will favour us with this information, and with'best wishes for New Zealand and Australia, and all English and Australian interests, we beg to remain, yours truly, L. L. RANKIN, President International Congress. 22 West Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.