MEMBERS RESIGN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21192, 15 August 1940, Page 8

MEMBERS RESIGN

♦CARRIERS’ DIFFERENCES STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT ACCEDED TO REQUEST At a special meeting of the Hamilton District Carriers’ Association last night the resignations of the president, four of the committee and 14 members were tendered. In a subsequent interview the resigning president, Mr C. Kendall, expressed regret on behalf of himself and the other 18 members that it had been necessary to submit the resignations, in order that the business of the association could proceed more harmoniously. During the past few months, he said, the relationship of members had become so strained and the bitterness so personal that it was quite apparent that some action would have to be taken if the usefulness of the association were to be preserved.

i “As far as I personally was con- ! cemed,” said Mr Kendall, “ as president of the association my position became entirely untenable, on account of the fact that a number of , members openly expressed their lack 1 of confidence in me as president and requested my resignation. Failure to j accede to their request would not | have been right. Although feeling : the position very keenly, lam of the \ opinion that if I proved to be an unsatisfactory president and incompetent to handle the affairs of the association then I should welcome the suggestion to withdraw and allow a more competent person to fill the office.” Weight of Responsibility j In reply to the suggestion that 1 perhaps another association might be formed, Mr Kendall stated that such would not be the case. The 19 members who had resigned had done so in order that the remaining members might be able to continue the association on a more harmonious basis for the good of all carriers. No doubt the incoming president and executive would be fully aware of the weight , of responsibility that rested on their | shoulders in the guidance of the in- ; dustry through the difficult period that lay ahead. j Their decisions must be well con- | sidered and calculated to safeguard the industry, for in their hands alone and in their decisions lay the future | welfare of all concerned. The retir- ; ing members felt that their resigna- ; tions from the association would leave the path clear for those left ! to construct a more efficient and more progressive body, and if this | were done the withdrawals would j have been for the best. “No opposition organisation will be formed and no obstruction will be ' put in the way of the association,” ! said Mr Kendall. “On the contrary, it is the sincere wish of the 19 members that the association will improve 1 the position of those engaged in the industry.”