ANNIVERSARY DAY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19724, 14 September 1929, Page 23

ANNIVERSARY DAY.

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION. LOCAL CELEBRATION. Tho sixteenth anniversary of the establishment of the United Commercial Travellers' and Warehouseman's Association of New Zealand was celebrated last night by the Canterbury Commercial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association at au "Association Day" smoke enocert. Mr K. W. Wade presided over a numerous attendance. The guest of tho evening was Mr Norton .Francis, president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. Greetings were received from the T'r.ited president (Mr F. W. Mitchell, Dunedin) and the general secretary (Mr W. F*. Herrich), who were absent on account of illuess. Tho toast of "The King" was loyally honoured. "The Day We Celebrate." Mr Norton Francis, who was received with applause, proposed "The Day We Celebrate," said he desired to congratulate tho Association on the great progress it was making. He noted that they wero close on the 3000 mark, and that they were likely to go on increasing, lie wished that any Association he was connected with had such an insurance scheme as that of the United Association. They were exceedingly fortunate in having such a fund. He desired to express the very great respect in which the Association was held by the public for the very unselfish way its members came forward and helped anv charitable object in difficulties. He complimented the Association on its ■ fund for blind soldiers and sailors, and said he did not think that there was i any fund so well run; it was like the widow's cruse —it was never allowed to i 'un dry. What was very creditable was that no expenses, not even stationery, ! were charged against it. Those interested in games would always remember the way in which the Canterbury Association had pnlled Lancaster Park out of the fire. He noted, from the August issue of the "N.Z. Traveller•," that difficulty was experienced in interesting tho younger members in Association work. In Winnipeg the same difficulty was got over by the Board of Trade (as their Chamber of Commerce was called) by having a senior and junior association, each separate, but the president and vice-president of the junior Association sat on the ••*"£ Association, and thus formed the link between them. . n«f«rrinff to his recent visit to CanadTand 8 tne United States Mr Franks remarked ****** ™"""*°™ 1 !7 n connect great expense with travel in t C ho a .e countries, yet the 8000 «*. hj eovered by rail worked out at per mile. He narrated "<»»%\™°™ 9 els « periences and incidents of histravels.• fc chairman expressed the thanks of the gathering for the happy J manner in which Mr Francis proposed the tOMt " United Association. Mr Q. H. Christie proposed "The United Association,» and said that few realised what the United Association d d'r'o* them, but he thought they wouW all aeree that it earned on its wading -etivfties very successfully. (Applause.) ir £?"*• Canterbury Association greft pleasure to see such alarge attendance. They had not had such an lvwl?ee of enthusiasm for quite a long while He suggested Travellers' Associations «*»▼ our to improve their qualifications. Mr W. A. Drake, m responding, referred to the success of the "Traveller" and expressed a hope that in a few years the profit from the Plication Would be available to subsidise an LaSy scheme similar to ; 0? iu Australia, the establishment of which in connexion with the United Association of New Zealand he "* Mr* H "iT Wauehop also responded. Speaking of the proposed «™?*y scheme, he said he was hopeful that profits from the insurance scheme also would be available to subsidise the scheme. Although tne insurance scheme was prosperous and on a very sound footing, there were still many members who ought, in their own interests as well as those of their dependents, to be members. «rm,„ Other toasts honoured were: ine Entertainers and Visitors » proposed by Mr Q Watson, and responded to ny Mess?; Harden'(R.S.A.), W. H Price (Union Company), Cannons (Department of Industrie*), King (Commercial Travellers' Association of Victoria), F. Mensies Sports Club), F. W. Freeman (Automobile Association), Lawry (Railway Department), and A. Worsley; and "The Press" (proposed by Mr K. J. H. Archer). During the evening musical and other items were contributed by Messrs YV. Toomey, O. Allison, C. B™"™ 11 * *• Crowhurst, Alee Dey, Ludbrook, Skinner, Ken Connor, G. J L *» reaßon ' *° d the Italian Jaw Band. The accompaniments for the voeahsts were played by Mr A. Worsley.