TRADERS' ASSOCIATION'S DEMISE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 6 February 1907, Page 2

TRADERS' ASSOCIATION'S DEMISE.

•\l'lcr ;i lif,-, 0 f „„„.,, 01 . Jiss . u .|i vj|v <('•• -W l'iyuioiil-li Traders' Assoeia' t|"M last, nigia „,,„],,,( willlin i{M , f Unit Us period „f 11 . sl .f,||„ l . SS| ,-,„. (| „, !'""' '""'"S " l •■■"-, l«'.l and Uloroaller it voluntarily dissolved \l it «o„i,i „,,,„,■„. Ul .„ ~„;, ,„■ t.ic mam reasons f llr tl„. wiittlim- up ut ,he association was be,,,,,-,. oiWiut r.f interest winced |,, lj()1 . i(v ,„. the tradespeople, such lack (,f i llt ;. 1( -;l.

is more. apparent tliiin real Tn reality, tin. business people „•,.,.,, „,. Vl . J keenly nlivc to the wisdom of «•. ope rativc notion than at the present tine.. | 1)111 wanted a closer cooperative al bapce. as il wm ., than the Trader,' Association alVorded. With tlia! end ill view, there iiave recently been formed associations of individual trades, viz., Imteliers' association, ironmongers' association, and so on. Wi.h such associations watching the interests of the respective trades, t,,. me cessifv for tin' Traders' Associal ion, as at present constituted,. ;it least, he ' came una ppa rent, with the resut, chronicled above. If is probabe a iio.venient will now be made to ,recon M.ruet flic association, probab'y as a, branch of the Chamber of Cunincrco. Ily some such means, the various traders' committee. si]>|ir>:njt-iiipj, *iiy, one or two direct representative,.; io the chamber, the latter would he greatly striingthencd, and the coinmoii interests of the business people of the town conserved. Jlc.iuit.ime Mr (inodacre (president) and Mr (J. Curler (treasurer), of the Traders' Amocw tion, have been appointed liquidators to wind up the business.