INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

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INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

The first meeting of the new committee of the above was held at the rooms last Tuesday. Present—Messrs J. P. Jameson (president). H. B. Kirk, K. Allan, Geo. Hart, Hull, S. Manning, P. Duncan, P. Jenkins, W. H. Wood, E. H. Bankß, Glanvillo, W. S. King, A. G. Howland. The following correspondence was read :—From Mr Back, with reference to the freight charged Mr Ohinnory, of Eangiora, on carriage of flax to Lyttelton, and informing the Association that before the receipt of their letter a refund had been made, reducing the charge for the second twenty bales to .£3 3s 3d.—From Mr J. C. Andrew, requesting his name to be inserted on the register as seeking employment in the cultivation, spinning, &c, of European flax.—From Mr F. S. Tinne, forwarding a pamphlet on the local industries of Now Zealand. The correspondence was dealt with as fol. lowa .—Mr Back's letter was received aa satisfactory. It was resolved that Mr Andrew's application be entered aa requested.—The president brought under the notice of the meeting the zeal and energy evinced by their late president during his year's occupancy of the office, and said it had been suggested that an address should be presented to him, which conld be framed, and that the address be signed by the members. He would read them a draft of the proposed address. [Bead.] He thought that their late president had done such good work that a tribute of the kind spoken of would be a graceful one on their part. Messra E. H. Banks, W. S. King, and other members of committee spoke in favor of the proposal. It waa resolved that the president have the proposed address as adopted illuminated and framed for presentation to Mr Allan at the next monthly

I meeting.—The President brought Hnder the notice of the meeting the telegrams with regard to Messrs Jonbert and Twopenny holding an exhibition in Christchurch, and also a later one in which it was stated that they wero going to Western Australia. Mj Hull considered that this was a mere private speculation, and that the association should not countenance this at all. Mr W. S. King also spoke, in support of the remarks of Mr Hull.—The President mentioned that Mr Poderli intended going on with lettuce leaves for the silkworms. Ho might also mention that a person who wished to erect a gas manufactory found the firebricks of Messrs Pord and Ogdon fo good that ho did not intend to send home for them. This spoke well for their local industries.—lt was resolved that the former sub committee on exhibition matters be re-appointed. The meetings of tho general committee were fixed to bo hold at 7.30 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays in each month.—lt was resolved to deposit the exhibition fund with the Mutral Benefit Building Society for one year at 5 per cent —lt was decided that the president bo requested to procure any information possible with regard to tho exhibition of Messrs Jonbert and Twopenny.— Mr W. S. King montioned tho matter of electric lighting, and suggested that tho Association should use its endeavors to got tho machinery for electric lighting in free of duty.—Mr Allan pointed out that the machinery was admitted free.—Mr Allan brought under tho notico of the committee a lottpr appearing in the "British Trades Journal," from Mr Evans, of Taunton, asking that.any new tanning barks might bo sent to him, r.nd they should be analysed free of charse. Ho might say that he thought the Association should offer to receive any samples. As regarded tanning materials, he might say that Mr Armstrong's letters on tho cnltivation of wattle bark had had the result of inducing one gentleman to put in 179 acres of wattle, and further, that Mr Armstrong's figures as to the pricos obtainable quoted, wero well within the mark.—ln reply to Mr Banks, Mr Allan stated that the Oxford black birch had not been tried fully. However, he intended to have soino ground and tried.—ln reply to Mr Jenkins, the President read an extract from one of tho papers, stating that the Government would give a bonus far glass manufacturing in the colony. Mr Allan mentioned that he had promised they would forward any information they possessed on the subject of glass manufacturing to a gentleman at Kaiapoi, who was willing to em, bark in that industry.—After passing accounts : tho meeting adjourned