PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16219, 23 May 1918, Page 2

PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION.

CANTERBURY SECTION.

Tho amiual meeting of ilia Canterbury Branch of tho public Service Association was held on Tuesday at the Magistrate 3 Court. Mr T. E. Webb presided, and thcro was a fair altcndanco of members. Tho chairman, 111 hia address, congratulated (bo branch on its increased membership, which now exceeded seven hundred. xl®. etrosaed /tho necessity for all Civil servants becoming members of tho in order that they might bo in a ptrong position when the question of Public Service control again camc up. No or.© knew what v;as going to happen when tho war wa3 ' over und the term of tho Public Semco Commissioner camc to an end.* They would like to bo in a position to have their wishes in tho matter considered. An honours board had been erected in tho now buildings by permission of the Hon. G. W. Eussoll, and as soon as tho different Departments had supplied a complete and up-to-date list of their members on active service, the names would bo placed on tho board and arrangements ma4e for an unveiling- ceromony. Tho annual report stated that tho question of a social room had been gone into, but after giving the matter full considreation, it was decided that the present wes not an opportune time to establish a social room. The Caah Purchaso Association continued f o flourish, and tho year had boen a record one. Tho war bonus had been paid to members of tho service, and while it did not meet the increased cost of living, it had provided a welcome addition to salaries. An endeavour to obtain a larger bonus for junior cadets had been unsuccessful. Practically the whole of the police force in Canterbury had become members of the Association. The bal-ance-sheet. showed a credit of £8 3s IOJd. Tho report nnd balance-sheet, after a. brief discussion, wero adopted on the motion of Mr Morrison, seconded by Mr Rogers. I?emit3 for tho ensuing conference to 00 held at Wellington in .Tune wore then considered, and Messrs Webb and Rich wero elected delegates. It waa resolved to request the police section to elcct one delegate. Tho following committee was elected: — Lands and Survey, Mr Webb; Agriculture, Mr Cameron; Labour, Mr Jackson; State Fire, Mr Morrison; State Mines, Mr Kich; Ju6ticc, Messrs Price and Jonee; Lands and Deeds, Mr Black; Insurance Department, Mr "Waite; Valuation, Mr Pullar; Public Trust, Mr Morrison; Public Works, Messrs Thomas, Stennear, and Gray; Mental Hospital, Messrs Crowder, Paul, and Rog«e; Internal Affairs, Mr Wortbington; Audit Mr Jordan; and Stamps, Mr Kennedy. '