COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 6

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

; •■ The , eighteenth annual meeting of the'We'l- 1 lington-,-Commercial , ' Travellers' and Warehousemen's Association .was held in the 'club' '" rooms last evenirigi In the absence 'of Mr. E. ,0. E. Mills (president), Mr. ,G; Wilson ■ (vice-president),^took'the ,chair,.:- / ■■/',- '.:' .;■'■■'•'.The•chainnanj.'in.niovirig J the' : 'adoption of the 'report* arid balance-sheet , '(already pub- ; lished), said that--ho was glad> to see that 'their -financial position. l was , better, than at ; .'theVtime. of the;last'annual meeting.-.! ■ ~>■ .'- : - ' 'Mr.; J; G., Chambers..remarked, that-in': the: minutes of the previous meeting it'had. been, • .'mentioned-that. .the■.'.balance-sheet';■ .was; not.• • very, cheering, ..and.-he. , considered : ,that^' : the ;, 'samecouldbe.'said ab6ut;.the:-pres6nt balarice- ; isßeet.. ;He put this .down;.to lack of interest' [oh . the. part of:,members;, very-few-of ithe ' members know that the.annual meeting >was ; ' being, held, : and' there-,- ought to have .been. 200 .presents. /..The.-matter:of ~the ihotel-list ' : had : not.'.beendecided,' for l; they ; had.. bßeli •awaiting: the■ decision ; of■ the'. Dunedin Abso-' I '(nation, regarding the , ' proposal -to .federate;-' , 1 If Dunedin" had come in with .them j. instead f of adheririgito their: affiliation with Australia; i. ,the matter.-of the hofel-list'would;have:been ■. -'dealt-with before this;.;... :'. ; '; :•-,■ ■ : ; ;/>,.,. ; .-Mr.: J., J., :Reich considered-that .the ba'l- : 'ance-sbeet was. not as. satisfactory as might '. be, arid asked for:informatiori on-some of the i 'items.. , .''.-."' ''■-■"•..'.,'', '.. : ■•>-:;-.:"' ■';•'. ; ,i, ! Mr.. J.' vU. .Turnbull.pointed ; out- that , the , /total.receipts had'been £2800,/ and the gene- ■, ral bxpenditure ,tq.''£1200.,..:. The. • mother amounts were all.recurring items,;arid i were riot, higher ..than .in previqus. i y'ears,. : ;.He I .;h'eld.Jthat a i good {profit shown..,". ?'■'. t ' .;■ ■. ■.■'.,Thereport.arid;,Dalaric^ r sheet were.adopted." i: ' 'The yeai;'s'office-bearers were'elect'ed;'aß ; fpl-. '. lpw^—President,,'Mrl, H.i p., .Tewsleyj vice^ i ; presidents,'Messrs.': S. S. • Griffiths^ : ; D.." J. i Nathan, A. ; ' : E.:P'ear'oe,"W.'C. S.,Levers, J: ; A'.'Pike, ..G.:'Wilson, j.:,Newton, ; W., .G. ■ Du'thie/.G'/ Pirie, J. ;H. Owen. T>. W. > B. liees,;:M., Langi W. G > .Beid,"and.E. : .O..E. • Mils,; secretary, Colonel S.; Newall, ; p.B.i'(re-. • elected).;; hon.'treasurerV Mr. .A.: W! .Vermeil. ; (re-elected);: tnist , Owen, :. J.- ■ ■A;.',PikeV and >W. Clayton;'auditors, Messrs.- H. .Kember -.and'.Soii\ (r,.Mlected); ; solicitor, Mr.' H.' D. Bell;'committee' Messrs. • W.:C.: S.t Levers,. , F. Manton/ and P. H. r Miller, (commercial, travellers), a. H. Ellis, F. P v . Perrin, A..Newbbld, : and.W. G. Reid; , (warehousemen)'." : . ,| '.. ..7, ~'.';• : , : After-a to ;increase the. Mortuary-Benefit Fund, it .was de- , oided to recommend the-incoming committee 'to add' : £so.t6 the'fund.' ; - ■'; v-v! :...:.. ' : ' ..The. annual. meeting' , 0f.. ; the'-.; Wellington ! Commercial: Travellers'..and Warehousemen's' , J. Club Company! Ltd.,>as.held.later,''and Mr.' • J. U. Turnbull was chairman, K . ."The report and.balance-sheet (already pub- : • lished) were adopted without; discussion. , ; ;:The..following board of directors was app'oihted':—Messrs'.. W. •C. S. j Levers, ■F. ■W. ■ Martori, P. H. Miller, R.H. Ellis, F.-P: Per--1 rin,.A.!Newbold, and.W. G. Reid. i ; Messrs/H. Kember and Son ;. the company's solicitors;- , '. v ' '■■ ■: ■ .••■■.- , A vote of thanks was passed to the' chair;