NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 February 1920, Page 4

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

PAST YEAR'S PRES9 WORK. ~ MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION,. By Telegraph.—Press Association.; Wellington, Lust Night. The annual meeting of shareholder* of the United Press Association was «t-< tended by forty members. ■ The report of the Directors regretted that two members of the Board, Mr. H. Brett and the Hon. G Carson, had been obliged to resign on account of ill-health. The former had been on the Board since the establishment of the Association nearly forty years ago. Sir G. Fenwick was congratulated on his knighthood. The report explained that it was in* tended to hold the meeting at Akaroa, but the venue was altered, as for several reasons Akaroa was found unsuitable this year. The balance sheet showed a, profit of £1748, principally owing to the lessened cost of cables, of which, durihg the year, 670,88(1 words were supplied. Allusion was made to the prolonged congestion on the cable routes, which was not yet removed. This was owing to damage to lines during the war that could not be at once repaired, and to the heavy pressure of English Government message* to India and the East. A new feature of the cable news was the offer of the Imperial new* service, which was open to all newspapers who chose to publish it, and was being snpplied free of cable charges. It was mentioned that the text of the Peace Treaty contained 13,098 words, and it. was said to be the longest, Press cable ever sent over the wires. This had been franked to all papers. Some concessions had been obtained from the Telegraph Department in the New Zealand rates, which would give a certain amount of relief, especially to the small papers. The chairman, Mr. L. Blundell, delivered an address on the business of the I year, which. was ordered to be printed and forwarded to shareholders.

Messrs. H. Horton and W. C. Ley# weft re-eleeted directors, Mr. R. .1. Gilmour was elected in the Hon. G. Carson's place, and Mr. W. C. Weston as the representative of the provincial evening papery Wellington was selected as the place of the next meeting. ■ The chairman brought tip the questtoil of a memorial to members of the staffs of New Zealand newspapers who had fallen in the war, and on liis motion the question was referred to the Newspaper Proprietors' Association, with a recooir mondation to act.

At a subsequent meeting of directors, Sir. G. Femviek was elected chairman. The chairman and Mr. Atack, the manager, were deputed to represent the Press Association at the Press Congress of the world at Sydney in October next,