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Rivals for Mr Directory recycling slow Cameron

The president of the Canterbury Trades Council (Mr W. R. Cameron) faces strong competition in his bid for the post of vicepresident of the Federation of Labour..

The post has been vacated by Mf J. A. Boomer, who has been appointed to the Arbitration Court.

Mr Cameron’s rivals are Messrs A. Russ, secretary of the Carpenters’ Union; E. G. Thompson, secretary of the Waterfront Workers’ Federation; and R. E. McDoWell, secretary Of the Agricultural Pilots’ Association. Messrs Cameron, RUss, and Thompson are serving members of the F.O.L. executive. Mr Cameron is secretary of the Canterbury branch of the Meat Workers’ Union. Nominations closed at 5 p.m. yesterday. The secretary of the F. Mr K. G. Douglas, said that a postal ballot was being arranged. Mr B. Landers, secretary of the Wellington branch Of the Engineers’ Union, had been appointed returning officer, but no date had been set yet for the closing of the ballot, Mr Douglas said that voting would be by the preferential system, voters listing the four candidates in order of preference. Votes were distributed to affiliated unions according to a formula based on capitation fees at the. time

of the F.O.L.’s annual conference in May. Mr Russ has Been on the executive of the F.O.L. since 1972 and is th® long-est-serving menibef. Mr Cameron, elected in 1977, is the newest of the three. Mr Thompson has consistently, polled better than the other two at the annual elections for the executive SinCd’ 1977. The figures for the last four elections are;

1977, Thompson 536, Russ 526, Cameron 411; 1976, Thompson 533, Cameron 526, RUSs oOS; 1979, Thompson 521, Cameron 446, Russ 348; i 960, executive returned unopposed.

Christchurch people are reacting slowly to the opportunity for recycling their out-dated telephone directories. Less than 1 per cent of the possible 240,000 directories have been returned for recycling. The Post Office distributed 240,00 d telephone directories in the Christchurch area in December, 1978. They could return a gross . profit of $3430 if they were all collected for recycling. The Canterbury Paper Company’s Co-diredtOf, Mf G. Skeilerup, said that about two or three tonnes of tele-

phone directories had been recovered, but more were expected in the next three W€sks, The old directories would he "hogged” (or tom), wrapped into 2(wkg bales, and sent to either the Kmfeith or Whakatane paper mills to be repulped and made into packaging material. A spokesman for the One Earth Society, Mr T. Mallett, said the Environment Centre had collected two tonnes (about 1400) directories in Cathedral Square during two days last week. The object

was nit monetary, gain but to ensure that the directories were recycled and not dumped. The salvation Army’s Salvage Collection Centre had collected two truckloads (about eight tonnes) of directories to be recycled, according to a spokesman. They would collect directories again in about three weeks. Proceeds were returned to the Salvation Army. Primary schools and scout and girt guide groups have also been collecting telephone directories.

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Press, 23 October 1980, Page 4

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Rivals for Mr Directory recycling slow Cameron Press, 23 October 1980, Page 4

Rivals for Mr Directory recycling slow Cameron Press, 23 October 1980, Page 4