THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 7

THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.

INDUSTRIES WEEK. PRIZES AWARDED FOR ESSAYS.'" EFFECT OF THE TARIFF. :• The monthly meeting of tho '-Wellmgto Industrial Association was . held last iligl: . - at tho office' of vtho Secretary (Mr. H. I • Allen). Theiro wero present-Messrs. F. ( .. . Crease, (in tho, chair), A. *W: Newton, ! 8u11,.J. Ballmger.S.S. .Williams, H. Real ■ , G. Lv-Partndgo; G..-Norton,'and -A; Brown.' 1 ■v -Mr. H. F. Allen was -appointed a membe of.tho Parliamentary Committee of tho Jiii ; v'ployers' Association in placo of Mr. E. Bui resigned.. • The firm of . Messrs S. KJrkpatrick and Co, ... Nelson, was elected ; to membership. In a lei ~. ter, tlie -firm said: "Wo believe.. that th various, window exhibitions given by store . .. keepers mil greatly assist all in tho.dcvejop .:ment of'i our. industries. Your Association by directing public atention to New Zealam v goods; 13 carrying: out an. importan *parfc.,;in helping oil the' various manufac turers." On our part, wo always'give prefer ene'e "to Now Zealand articles even, in somi . cases, where tho cost is greater." INDUSTRIES WI3EK ESSAYS. '' ■i Mr. C..Wilson)';Parliamentafy Librarian, whi • was appointed to adjudicate upon tho prizi essays in. connection with Industries Week fonvahJed the following report:—"l have ex -amitied '. the ; various essays very ■carefully and would now recommend, that the prizes offered., by your Association Bo- allotted as ■: follows:— •. . ;First Prize.—Kathleen Stuckey,-aged 13, ' West Beach,' Island Bay, -for her. fessay on v -. the .'meat 'preserving' industry; entitled: "The autobiography of . ail old meat can?' , - Second; Findlay, 351 Jackson Street,'Petone,'for her' essay , oil the woollen industry." '■ ■' ■ The'following competitors are also speeially worthy;consider., of.' honourable meption: 1 Moria Oliver, aged 13, Island Bay School (tho woollen-industiy); Richard Collins, caro of' A. ' A.* Coles, Hutt Road, Petone (tho woollen industry); Charles M'Arthur, aged 12, 'Mount Cook School - (on tho making of - a - Mv6r pot) Doris" Greville;- aged 11, 14 Hawkesttine Street, Wellington (the dairy industry); Leslio Donne, Terrace. School, Wellington (cartridge .manufacturing); Gladys -Strand;.'' aged 13, Wellington Technical ■School (a pound pf butter) Henry Greville, iged 14, Wellington-College, (the dairy industry) ; John:E. Mills,. Petono High' School the ' woollen industry); -Henry Naughton, 8 Brook Street, Petone (tho woollen, industry).; Q. -Kceble, Brooklyn School (bootmaking in-, dustry); Freda. Colley, aged-14. Island Bay ■ .School (tie woollen indusrty); Eric'Rigg, Te Aro,:School (the hemp industry). , _ ■In all sixty-seven essays wero sent in for - the ■ competition,'. .and the follbyying schools wore represented-Wellington;. College 1, Islaid; ; Bay School 9, Potono 7, Mount Cook ' 17, Brooklyn I,' Terracc 13, Mitchelltown-2, Tc Aro 6, Girls' High School 1, W orEor 1 l/'LoWer Hutt I,' Technical .'2, not stated,; 6; ' total, 67.. The following industries were de- ; scribed preserved' meat, pottery, dairy,; leather and Dootinalnng,' timber and furniture;:;flax; ; printing, fruit-canning, cartridge manufacture, ana tram-car building. ■ : majority, of essays exhibited a very fair'grasp,' of the technical- details and the industries described,; and; a degree of literary merit, which reflects craliti both on the juveiiile authors, and the teaching staff; of the schools represented in the competition/ Here arid there-wer« small errors in ably :'(hie to' hasty Or .careless transcription fzom a rough draft, but, on tho other hand; the general : average- Of ; the, handwriting' was ■ excellent;- though- in this respect: the girls jvere' ! much.',superior-to 'the boys. lam rather disappointed 'that there were not more competitors, but' possibly next year, should your. 1 ' ; fepeat - tho experiment, which'l trust'it . may, L the iCo®Mt}(jjon may attracfcl'mder: attention-and : proauoe,. a, much larger crop ; of essays. 'I trust you will pardon' ipy.'isugg&ting'that.on ; M " one prize' should, tie.allottedi,to 'competitors of .twelve years, and .under,'..and another for : those^of fifteen' and under." ; A hearty,yote of thanks was accorded Mr. Wilson.- • THE GOODS EXHIBITED. - . The following is a summary of the goods exhibited 'in Wellington during Industries Week Furniture, upholstery, and maritlepieces, tram cars, wood-carving, church altar, efe; : woollen goods,' rugs, blankets, hosiery,* 'etc.-' (Wellington /Woollen: Mills, Co. i Kaiapoi Woollen. Mills Co.,- Mosgiel Woollen Mills ■ Co., Roslyn Woollen Mills Co.), clothing, corifeotipnery, jariis, . preserves, condiments, etc.:(Kirkpatrick'and Co!, Ltd., '"K"; Brand, E. H. Crease'arid Son, Ltd., "Golden Bee'.'), boots : and: shoes; hats and caps, shirts, pictures, frames, overmantje's, etc., artificial limbs/tinned-meats, ladies hats, mantles, dresses,'oilskins and; mackintoshes, tarpaulin:!, flags,-: stoves■:- and ranges, gas mantles, dogcarts and phaetons, electrical appliances, tin-ware;-(japanned and galvanised),' engineers' toolfe,' portmanteaux, bag's, trunks,, harness, toilet ware, sculpture;'soaps, candles, loaded ' lights,'stained-glass windows, sign-writing, ' glass etchings,' brush ■ ware,' oils,. varnishes, colours,-billiard-tables, wood and ivory tum- . irig,. perambulators and go-cart's, wicker-work, pottery, bricks, 1 cement, tiles,-. ornaments, cloth and worsteds, wines and cordials, jewellery, : loose-leaf ledgers, account books, inks, printing, directories, umbrellas, and walking-, sticks, ; celluloid buttons, sanitary plumbing, * copper, hotrwater cylinders, -bath-heaters, acetlyne generators, lead-headed nails, pa- ' tent- clip spouting brackets, steam valves, ventilators, brass-door steps, ' patent skylights; binnacle lamps, shin's portliehts. fibre plaster ceilings,': arid struccolme /pillars, etc. (Carrara Ceiling Co., Ltd.). ■■ ■ THE TARIFF. Mr. E. • Bull, manager of the New Zea-latid;-Candle Corripany, mentioned that the tariff-had'not been discussed lately. It had helped the candle industry considerably, and ' now his company's business was approaching that-'of their'record'year. ■ I; Mr.'Ballinger: I can't get enough skilled -Thoy talk about a slump, but I . don't know where it is.' Mr. Bull: .^Vo-can't'get boys. ; Mr. Allen: We have got skilled bakers, but they, won't work I (Laughter.) Some are a bit sorry now. The masters have amplo evidence-as to what little work they had been getting out of the men. .-' 'A:member .referred to bakery classes at tho Technical-School. " ; , '-Mr: Allen said that they would be< commenced ill the near future.-