SECRETARY'S RETIREMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 259, 30 October 1914, Page 3

SECRETARY'S RETIREMENT.

; AND A HUMOUR. - AT MINE MEETING, j IJ j There was ronvtliing uf a "breeze at | . the conclusion i>l !:.■■ Northern L oal i Company.- annual niort.n- this morning,' ■ 'ilion the Litf sceretan ul tiic company . (.Mr Reginald A. Ait-kini ro.-r and swti-d I ; that :i rumour had i-omc to him iroiu | ■ two distinct sourifs to tin- clTtvi that it had boon stated that In* hen ices had been dispensed with by the company. He wished tin , matter cleared up. llio Chairman iMr I.- \V. Alison): We can't art upon rumour-, hill if you make j a definite statement we m;iy N- able to j diacurs it. ' Mr Ait-kin: I am tolil tli.it a definite | jtatonipnt to that offfft «as made to sliarrliDldtTi. b> n .iirevtjjr. an.l with the , objpi-t of miluriKiiiL. , VKtiT" 1:1 Uu , olio J ! t'uii "f .lire, tor- at ll'i- meeting. 1 am . i also told ili.it it "J.- , mi 1 t |l!, l •' ver . v KoiisiflnraMe -aMii-' had ln-i-n fffectol ■I by gottinj! rid nl mi-. I'iio director • namrd t<i mc «a- Mr li. T. U.n\kins. 1 Mr Hawkins: I S ixo i; ■'" 1 1 " 0 ! i denial. 1 know tii.it you ldt tin- luru ■ nanv of your own ac-ord. M*r Ai.'km: 1 am phi.l th.it Mr Haw • kin.s li.v* giwn thr rumour a d"iu.i[ in mc ■ presence uf shareholder, h-eau.-c il , - uii«ht have influrnrpd i-onie of them. J ' am quite with his .-tatrrm-nt. ■ j Mr Alison: It mnsi 1»- itatwfai-tory to 1 Mr Aickin to U- informed in open meet- ' injjthnt the rumour i- iib?olutelv denied. , ' Mr A irk in retired from the -~-, -retaryship ' • in order to join a firm of "huh he i>l now a member. We were oorry to . "I him, be Ci .u,e he wa- a thoroughly cap- ; ' able, roliahle and efficient oflieer. I j " rcTot that any rumour should huve been j • circulated tliat his unices had been , , dL-pensed wit.i by the company. 1 Mr Viekin aeain Mated that he was I ' I perfectly satisfied "illi the formal m'Uial ' ! thnt had been <riven. [ Subf«Hipntly Mr Aickin was included i i,, "a vote of thanks to the dirc< tor? and I officers of the company, the chairman I ' navin" a tribute to his. efforts during tin- j I ;trike"anti to the Riven by him to the new B ecretary [Mr Pollocki. ;