NEW PLYMOUTH EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 180, 21 July 1908, Page 3

NEW PLYMOUTH EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATION

AXXUAL AIEJSTING,

Ihe annual meeting of the New Ply. mouth Employers' Association last night «.i» . ttended by over thirty members, the il'iit Ule m 'i'JIE ANNUAL STATEMENT, of i !" ?"" Ual the work V' ttnd l ' onclu '<le<l thus:— "Your ni. • ! U i s on . l} ' 0110 causu of com--1 hunt, and that is the seenuig ] ttc k of in t]M S . pT n b V" any of the "lembew need of ,f !" gs of t]lc Association. The inmrelfTn no 8 aßlsll tion should be at,', r es ? ec,all i r wlien important changes affecting the well-being of I employers of labor are constantly bein" introduced by our legislators, aiid it is earnestly desired that greater activity in I I ' VC ? dUr,U S th(i Coln '"S y«l'r i e ill lllrs of tlio -Association." Ihe balance-sheet showed tliat £39 7s •»d had been received in members' sub--1,7'? iTin J fl , " uliture included a l.oim i -i !• 0 so< ' rii(;ai '.y and £0 fii contributions to the I'cdcration. The chairman, in moving the iidoptior Of the report and balance-sheet, euliB»ed lie work of the .secretary, Mr. J, V\ hitaker, who had thrown himself heart and soul into the work, it was larireiv to him that the Association hail readied lis present position. That (lav he had canvassed the merchants of the town, with the result that most of them had become members of the Association. Ihe work done by the Association could best lie realised by looking bevond the borders of the town, for it wa's a colonial work. The employers had been toj long content to s it quietly by whilst the employees got what legislation they wanted—legislation that was damning the prospects of the Dominion, lie referred to the part played by the Assoeiation and the Federation in settling the recent drivers' dispute in New Plymouth, saving the employers a good deal of money. The report and balance-sheet were adopted.

ELECT lOX OF OFFICERS. Officers wore elected as follow: President, (iooihtcre; vice-presi-(lent, Mr, W. Amburvj committee, Messrs. .T. Myth (Drapers' Association), C. Carter (firocers' Association), A. Leahind (Bakers' Association), A. H. Arnold (Ironmongers' Association), Ilonnor (wheelwrights), C. 15. Baker (cabinetmakers), F. C. Griffiths (plumbers), T. King (saddlers), Stewart (tailors), G. | Coleman (builders), 11. Jones (cab proprietors). A. E. Sykes (chemists), 0. W Role (butchers), T. Avery (printers), H. Evans (bootmakers), Fred. Bcllringer (painters), F. W. Okey (engineers), M. Fraser (wholesale merchants). Tt was decided fo adopt, f.lm recommendation of the executive to accept the laranaki Dairy Factories Association as a member of the Association and to give them a representative on the executive THE HARBOR BILL.

Upon I lie motion of Messrs. Goodaero Anilmry, a resolution was carried ill support of tlie New.Plymouth Harbor Empowering Kill.

MR. PRYOR. llr. AV. Pryor, secretary of tlie Kmplovers' Federation, addressed the meet-

ing at considerable length. A resume of his remarks, crowded out of this issue, will be p'ublishcd to-morrow.