PLEDGE OF SUPPORT
MOTOR FEDERATION WAR-TIME SACRIFICES (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Delegates to the annual conference of the New Zealand Motor Trade Federation, which concluded in Christchurch to-day, reaffirmed their loyalty to the Throne and the Empire and pledged their whole-hearted support to the Government during the present critical times. “We will accept with fortitude the burdens which it may be necessary for us to bear in the interests of the Empire and humanity,” stated a resolution passed. “We wouid express the hope that the Government will, as far as possible, take into its confidence our representatives in regard to any measures affecting our industry which may be necessary.”
The following officers were elected: President, Mr. C. R. Edmond; vicepresident, Mr. A. B. Gibbons; treasurer, Mr. D. F. Bouchop: council, Messrs. O. J. MeKibbin, F. V. Lyons, Haskell Anderson., Garage Proprietors’ Association, F. Jones and K. Griffiths, Wholesale Parts, Equipment and Cycle Association, W. M. King and C. R. Sdmond, Petrol Resellers’ Association
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 11
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