BOOT MANUFACTURERS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 322, 13 January 1909, Page 2

BOOT MANUFACTURERS

CONFERENCE AT CIIIiISTCUIURCU.

s By Telegraph.— Press Association. * , Christchureh, East Night The conference of boot manufacturers ■- from different parts of the Dominion - which has been sitting in this city for s the past two days has resulted in the formation of one body lo replace t'le . three which have hitherto guarded the 3 interests of the manufacturers. The official designation of the new body is the Boot Manufacturers' Federation of New Zealand.. Some necessary formal losoliitions ' lav e yet to be conlirnied Willi reference to the assimilation of the old bodies by the new association, and other dclails have to be lixed up. Jllie officers are to be elected annually, llie lir-t (illiccrs of the federation, elected af llie present conference, are lis follows:—President, Mr .1. A. Frosliek (Cliristchurcli); vice-president and president-elect, Mr. T. Hodgson (Auckland): secretary, ilr. A. 11, liridner (Duucdin); treasurer, Mr. William McKinlay (Diincdin.); executive committee. the president, vice-president, treasurer, and' .Mr. James Hannah (Wellington), 111 the unavoidable absence of Mr A. 11. llridgcr (Duncdin), Mr. T. Hodgson (Auckland) was appointed by the conference lo record its procecd-

'"!!*• In (In* course of tlic prom-dings 'tlui president made fccliu>f rcfciouve to (In 1 dentils of several members of the. ied'eration, those inenilicrs licin« Messrs. K. ilel\inlay (l)uuedin). \\" staples (\\ aiul John Trenwith (Aui'kliiii(l). These, he stated, had lieeu loyal supporters uf Hie industry, hud w ere uieij held ill high esteem. 'j'iic [ t'onferenee was to-day con-Bkb-riujr mat tiers eoimeeted with the proposed industrial agreement which, H is hoped, will result from the conlerence to lie ludd to-morrow with representatives of the Xcw Zealand Bootmaker*' t'cdeiatioii. 'J'luise who will represent the liont manufacturers at this conference are .Messrs. .1 A. Frostick. T. Hodgson, <i. A. t'oles. William I JLi-'Kiiilay, \V. 11. Murray, and 11. U. Turner