MASTER PRINTERS' UNION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1936, Page 19

MASTER PRINTERS' UNION.

ANNTJAJJ MEETING HELD.

' A large attendance of members assembled at the Chamber of Commerc'e on Thursday evening, and under the chairmanship of Mr. F. .T. Dawson transacted the annual business of the Auckland Master Printers' Union.

The president reviewed the activities of the year and emphasised the importance of the plan formed to rationalise the industry, and submitted to a plebiscite of master printers throughout the Dominion. He reported that despite an initial failure to put this scheme into operation, a further endeavour was to be made by the Master Printers'-Federation to co-ordinate printing affairs. With regard to current legislation affecting conditions in the industry, Mr. Dawson outlined the probable developments.

After a discussion, a resolution was carried that the union should be represented at a manufacturers' conference to be held 1n Wellington next week, at which would be considered projected legislation and its reactions on Dominion industries.

The delegates to the Dominion Federation's meeting in Wellington in March, Messrs. F. Hickson and C. Herdman, reviewed the deliberations of the annual conference and were thanked by the meeting. The election of officers resulted:—President, Mr. F. J. Dawson, sen.; vice-preei-dents, Messrs. T. W. Thompson and F. Hickson; secretary, Mr, H. E. Simmonds; treasurer, Mr. R. Wishart; auditor, Mr. .T. A. Sherriff: executive, Messrs. Aldridge. Dennison. Herdman. Clark, Jacobs, YardIcy. Smith, Scott. Pearsall, Heriley. Mr. F. ,T. Dawson was elected as the representative of the union on the Manufacturers' Association, Mr. E. Aldridge to the Employers' Association and Messrs. Aldridge. Dennison and Wishart to the printing trades apprenticeship committee.