ANNUAL REUNION

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20954, 6 November 1939, Page 9

ANNUAL REUNION

POST AND TELEGRAPH FUNCTION IN HAMILTON GROWTH OF ASSOCIATION The annual reunion of the Wai-kato-King Country section of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association was held in the Waikato Winter Show Hall on Saturday night, when 200 members and friends were present. Mr W. E. Dwyer presided. Reference to the ability and efficiency of the department’s officers and to the great progress that had taken place in recent times was made by Mr W. W. Dillicar when proposing the toast to the Post and Telegraph Department. Mr Dillicar concluded by giving an interesting description of his experiences with similar departments in other couni tries. Replying to the toast, the divisional director of the General Post Office. | Wellington, Mr L. L. Hills, apologised for the absence of the Director- | General, Mr J. G. Young, and exi pressed pleasure at being able to attend the funtion and meet the dei partment’s officers at a social gather- | ing. Mr Hills discussed several matters relating to the welfare of the officers and their future advancement in the service, and concluded by eulogising the services of Mr W. M. Huntingdon as a member of the Commission of Inquiry Board, which was recently instituted by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage. The result of the inquiry would soon be made known to the officers of the department, said Mr Hills. Growth of Association Proposing the toast of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, the chief postmaster, Mr C. Clark, gave an outline of the history of the j association since its inception in ! 1890, and stated that from a small ! beginning it had grown into an ini stitution with a membership of i nearly 10,000. Since its formation it | had given excellent service and had ! developed into an efficient and necessary organisation deserving the wholehearted support of its large membership. Mr W. M. Huntingdon, a member of the executive committee, when replying to the toast, emphasised the cordial relations that existed between the director-general and the association. The speaker also dealt with several matters concerning the recent Commission. Other toasts honoured were as follows:—The visitors, proposed by Mr R. H. Brown, reply by Messrs J. Lane (Auckland), H. H. Shaw (Thames), and R. Riddell (Whangarei); the ladies, proposed by Mr E. J. L. Whiting, reply by Mrs E. O. Wood, president of the women’s organisation. Contributors to the entertainment programme were as follows:—Misses Dorothy Salter and Dulcie Evans, Messrs J. T. Battersby, Rex Walden, Pat Herlihy and W. Bonnar (songs); Messrs John Ball and James Ball (instrumental duets); Mr G. H. Kirby (violin). The official accompanist was Mr J. T. Battersby. Dancing was held from 11 p.m. until midnight. WOOL CHARGES ' a; CONDITIONS OF PURCHASE GROWERS’ OBLIGATIONS Under the terms of purchase of New Zealand wool by the British Government all brokers’ commission, handling charges in the store and costs of appraisement will be borne by the purchaser. The grower will be responsible only for the costs of transporting the wool from the farm to the store, where he will be paid prices for his wool on the basis of 12jd per lb. One important condition is that all fleece wool must be skirted. If skirting is not carried out on the farm it must be done in brokers’ stores at the farmer’s cost. Between 8000 and 9000 bales await appraisement in Auckland, but it is not known when the actual work of valuing will start. UNSATISFACTORY FEATURE SKIRTING OF WOOL While satisfaction was expressed in Waikato wool circles in regard to the net price to be paid to the grower, it was pointed out that an unsatisfactory feature was that fleece wool had to be skirted. It was explained that quite a large quantity of unskirted wool had been already received in the stores. This meant that the wool would now have to be skirted at the growers’ expense. A great deal of trouble and expense would have been saved had the announcement in regard to skirting been made a few weeks ago, it was stated.