EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 September 1916, Page 5

EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. At the annual meeting of the Netf Zealand Employer*' Federation,, th« ].resident, Mr. Shailer Weston, referred' to the brighter war prospects that ar» now opening out before tlie Allies, It would, he said, depend .upon the peopla after the war to see that the factors which had promoted victory were utilised to the fullest extent. After refer* enee to importance of education, particularly in economics, the president congratulated the various Associations on the manner in which they had maintained their strength. •» / The annual report was adopted, and ofiicera wcro elected as follow: President, T. Shailer Weston (re-elected) J' vice-president, T. Ballinger; 11. Coull; trustees, \Y. H. Bennett, A. E. Pearce, C. M. Luke, and W. A, Flavell; Parliamentary committee and members of advisory hoard, S. S. Kirk*, caldie, A. C. Mitchell, J. Beveridge, Bj F. Allen, and C. Cathie. i It was decided that the publication of. the industrial bulletin should be con*, tinned; also to recommend the Indus*! trial Union of Employers to nominate Mr. William Scott as the employers' r«4 prcsentative, and Mr. William Pryor &4 deputy representative on the Arbitral tion Court. It was'further resolved that the Gov-

ernment be urged to take lip the matter of the organisation of science in its re« hition to industry and education; also t'.iat tho Government be urged to taka iimuediate action for Hie regulation of enemy trade after the war. ,