MASTER BAKERS DINE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 187, 28 October 1927, Page 16

MASTER BAKERS DINE

LAST EVENING’S BANQUET Delegates to the Federated Master Bakers’ Association of New Zealand and Australia, and their women-folk, were the guests of the New Zealand Master Bakers’ and Pastrycooks’ Association at a banquet in the Scots Hall last evening. More than 300 guests were present. The president of the Dominion body, Mr. G. K. Mathieson, who was in the chair, .proposed .the loyal toast and later that of the federated asociation. Mr. R. Robbins, of Melbourne, replied, commenting on the friendly feeling between New Zealand and Australian bakers. Mr. H. R. Burton, of Sydney, proposed “The Government of New Zealand.’* Replying, Sir Thomas Mac-

i kenzie, M.L.C., said he was optimistic ; about the future of Australia and -^ e '* ; Zealand. He deplored the tendency to | prophesy black times and depressions. Other toasts honoured were ‘All l ®® Trades,” proposed by Mr. F. Reed, 1 ! Sydney, and replied to by Mr. I Brain, representing the Northern rtoi I Mills, and “The Hosts,” proposed d> i Mr. W. A. Parker, of Adelaide, am i responded to by Mr. J McGregor. - Auckland, the association’s presiaen . A framed plaque, commemorating m term of office, was presented to tne tiring president of the federation, • H. R. Burton, by Sir Thomas Ma kenzie, on behalf of the Domini sociation.