INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 199, 18 May 1920, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

The monthly'meeting of tho Industrial, i Association was held last evening: Be-v J 6ides the chairman (Mr. H. Mainland) ; and the .secretary (Mr. H. P. Allen),,- •;-.! there were present Messrs. Hardie Shaw,'- i L. E, Partridge, E. Bull, ,W. H'Lean,. : and Vickerman. • •". :' J i The secretary reported that in accord' { anco with instructions a, letter, had been! . I ■sent to the Architects'.Association sugv Resting that Now Zealand timbers should/ ■ ho used in the decorations of tho 1 of hanks and similar buildings. Tho ! .nrc'hiteots are to consider the matter atj , I their.next meeting.. ; j With; respect to the Man'gakao ihydro-: ■ electric'scheme the chairman stated that' I it was desirable that the association i should endeavour to force through the' work as of special urgency. Tho trouble] appeared to mm ;sljfortage of. labour. ' ! The thairmaii referred to the deputa-, , tion which waited upon s the Prime Min-' ' ! ister (Right Eon. W. -P. '. Mnssey) in re- 1 ' . j spectto housing, and stated that there 1 '-j was no shortage of timber, for thore_ was| . plenty of timber at tho mills awaiting' j shipment. There vras a shortage of la-- . -*j /bour, and that point was under con. ■ < sideration hy the employers, and'it'waai ~i very prc-bable that something would be: | < done to overcome the difficulty, ' ' j