COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 March 1924, Page 4

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

.MEETING OF ASSOCIATION. WELLINGTON. March 11. The eleventh annual conference ol iho C-iiicd Commercial Travellers and Warehousemen’s A-soeiatioii o; New Zealand opened here to-day. Delegate- are preseill. from Wellington. Auckland. Canterbury and Otago. Mr It. Wilson, the president, in his annual repri, said that the loss on. ill ' year teas £7 8s PI, which wa- due t*> a change in the method of keeping accounts in ihe Insurance Department:, fnvestments had been made during the period amounting to £2.012 10-. Balisfaeli in wa- expre - cd at. in- vorr.ing of the Accident and Insurance Fund. The suni of Cil’o 9- 0(1 had been added to the rc-erve .making a total oi £17(10 Is.

The report was adopted. At- the annual conference "I the United Commercial (ravellers and Warehousemen's Association io-day the following resolutions, were carried: CL) “That- a- common ia.l travellers use the railwavs more than any other section of the community, and as they are the chief freight getters for the railwavs a rnneession on their season tickets should he granted oil production of a liona-lide traveller's certificate of the United Commercial Travellers aml Warehousemen's Association.”

(2) •'That smokers on railway trains be marked ‘men only' and resowed lor men only.”

The .Minister of Railways will be waited on respecting both matters. Regarding the latter it was pointed out that the smoker was the portion ot tile train in wheih businessmen transacted business, and it was difficult, it at all possible, to do business if the carriage contained women and children.

Referring to tlie railways the report said that very little headway had been made in this dim linn. It was confidently expected that when the Department had reached a better financial state commercial travellers would be more considered in the way ol concessions for which they lightly asked. The finance report stated that investments made during the year ineluded glOT) in Government of per cent, stock, 1923, bought at. £11)2, ‘tin! £IOOO bought at os more. Accident and sickness insurance had been satis factory. The sum of £125 Or; (Id had been added to reserve, making the total £I7OO.

Mr R. Wilson, tbe presidor, -aid that up, to the end of the year t tie increase in policies was 74. since when another 50 had been issued. '' he premium was the lowest in New Zealand. He made a strong appeal to those uninsured to join the fund.