UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10172, 23 February 1911, Page 6

UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING

By Telegravh — Tress Association. QUEENSTOWN, Last Night. The annual meeting of the New Zea- J land United Press Association was held here to-day. The following were present:—Messrs G. Fen wick, (chairman), Otago Daily Times; H. Brett, Auckland Star; L. Blundell, Evening Post; H. Horton, New Zealand Herald ; P. Selig, Christchurch Press; C. S.Smith, Dunedin Star; P. Dinwiddle, Hawke's Bay Herald; F. E. Hyman, Lyttelton Times; F. J. Kilgour, Greymouth ,Star; W. Gothard. Westport Times; F. Pirani, Feilding •Star; W. C. Weston, Taranaki Herald ;R. Bell, Ashburton Mail; P. Bond, Nelson Colonist; A. Lucas, Nelson Mail; N, Mcßobie, Waihi Telegraph; W. McCnllough, Thames Advertiser; H. D. James, Grey Argus ; W. H. Robinson, West Coast Times; E.- G. Kerr, Timaru Herald ; W. H. Parkinson, Hawera Star; W. Atkin, Westport News; G.'Carson, Wanganui Chronicle; Hon. G. Jones, Oamaru Mail; R. Turner, Marlborough Herald; C. Duigan,Wanganvri Herald; T. L. Buick, Dannevirke Advocate; G. P. Anderson, Matatira Ensign. Messrs Blanton (Dominion), D. < Gilmour (Times. Invercargill), and j Warren (\Vakatipu Mail), were also i present by invitation. - Alterations were approved in the articles of the Association, increasing the number of directors by two, for the purpose of securing representation for the papers outside the 'four cities. Messrs Carson and Pirani were elected to these positions without opposition, and Messrs Brett and Horton, who were the retiring members of the old Board, were also re-elected unopposed. „ Mr Fenwick (chairman) delivered an address, dwelling on the great development of the > cable service, and the work of the Association, generally, which the meeting ordered to be printed and circulated to members. The balance-sheet and report were passed.