THE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1867, 24 June 1884, Page 3

THE CO -OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

io jhi: j-in.oit. Sin, — I lia\e been gicitly amused lately at the vaiioiiM opinions expie-sed \utli legaidto tiie dncctois' management of the business. One thinks that the dnee tois should be liaid headed, piaetical hu-jiiiOab nidi, and auolhti th it iaiinu-i ■should manage foi fauneKs Now, as till t!ic dne.cto.t- aic cither piactical business men, or ] > i a c l l o > 1 faini'jis, smelj these two "Ui'iibVis should be satisfied ; but, in rrdci to quite fcatisty " C uloii,"' 1 would piopo-o tli.it in the fiitiuo, befoie any geiith'inaii can be made a dneetor, he shall ha\e lv-> head duly e\amincd, to piONO that it i& of the U(|iiiiod haidncss. Then, .'igain, anoMier is m tiouble because tnuoi the dnci tois aie Auckland tiadusinen ; of oouite, tiiey will outvote the othei Jl lln n, and manage e\ei\ thing to the exclusive b< nefit ot their fellow tiadesnien. Ati uce to the^uand all such (j nibbles ! The dnectoib weie appointed by oiusehes as being the most suitable men, and ungindgingly have they spent their time and money, besides the great amount of labour they has e had. In letiun for tins, some shaicholdeis seem to think it their duty to make their (the duectois') duties still hauler. Danuxnit quod non ii'tcllujunt (they condemn w hat they do not undeist.ind ) By all means blame the direetois if they do wrong, but do not let us jump at conclusions about anything befoie we know the whole ti nth, and nothing but the tiuth. Many ha\edoneso lately. Let them bear in mind magnti fit vsiila* (' p),;(i</l(f>tt. — I am, &c , Equity.