CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 486, 20 April 1909, Page 9

CIVIL SERVICE ASSOCIATION.

THE ANNUAL REPORT. ■ yhe ■ annual report of the committee of .the ,'NoW' Zealand- Civil Service ''Association,- to :be presented• at,thesecond;anhualSmeeting this evening, states... V "The , committee has pleasure in recording progress, though it naturally feslii : that there ie room for much'.' greater: im'provement' in the membership eoriiiiddrinj!' the larße number, of 1 \Ciyil [Servants stationed in Wellington.Hoir-' oyer, it must be.recognised that the building,' up, of the. association, must i-take. time, though too/,many look forresults ■■which - should.not bo {oxpected without .the • whole-souled support of a .majority of the service.,: jAt the.; last annual tneetin'g •your idirectdd: to' take steps to' increase the. membership, and such, direction has; had, .due ..regard;. 'Early, in its. term of office; the' committee',' .had a circular printed, out ■ the work' and objects of the association,'arid this was sent to all non.[members. The - result. vvas' ; a substantial increase; to theVrblLj'. Attention ,was : also given, •to the sooial -interests of members.' -On July :16 'delegates/to the executive council met in Wellington, v .This branch was represented by .Messrs.- Alien;; J. Kelleher, and Ji.* •Tresear. ;Thd' last«named gentleman ' was reflected president'"of, tho -association, / -At': the - conclusion of the conference, a dinner :was tendered the, visiting delegates, but branch meni'bers.did not give it the'support the committee ■ could hjive desired;>'TJs';nekt executive'council conference- iy to open on Stay 25, at. Auckland, and.it will be 'the duty of. the branch to; appoint a delegate to. «,tt^nd j the >snmoi; If „woro. - than'one deleg»te'; is appointed, the additional "expense involved .will.have-to 'be.borne" by:"the; ".branch.". Ycraf committee .recommends: that one delegate' only be appointed. . Various matters have.- been, underthe., consideration 'of ...your committee; and it is satisfactory' to be "able to: report: that; in, one. particulars the result-was ...eminently satisfactory. ::; This was the matter of holidays for the prison' officials. Your'com'.mittee'qrged. the executire committee to make .representations to the Minister for Justice with' ai view .to. securing'for'such officers all gazetted ; Cival Servico holidays,: subject to days in lieu when-the services of any pfficer-could not be spared on any particular holidav. The executive committee acted as requested, and, though he:' at : first.;.refnsed, the .Minister .ultimately .'granted: all that .had been asked. During the i year tho committee. ,held fourteen . meetings. I uMr.: J. :W.. Collinswwars r elected' chairman' at the first ; meeting. Messrs. Arnold, Collett ' Kennedy, Larkin, Rigg,. and Rodger- retired from the committee for various. reasons, and the '.committee desires to place on - record iva thanks to Messrs. Arnold, Collett, and Rodger, in 'particular for valaiible , rendered! -Nominations for the hew committee were called for .in Accordance' with the rules; As a consequence tho following constitute the committee forHhej ensuing year:—Messrs. "\V. C. Millar (Printing), T.' M'lntosli (Labour),' Wm. Penney (Land Tax), J.- J. Ramsay. (Land Tax), R. A. Bolland: (Labour), R, Fullerton (Government Insurance), W. A. Fordham (Public Trust), E. Jones (Printing), Q. , Uren. (Customs), Q; ■A. Cormack (Electoral), H. J, Barr (Tourist), J W. Collins (Labour). T. ; Creedon (Prisons)," It. Keenan' (Lands), T. D. Kendall (Public Trust), H. J. Hawthorn, (Treasury), F. W.' Barnett' (Valuation), and P. J. ~Moran (Roads). - The "membership of: the branch now, as at March 31, 1009, stands at ' 413, being an increase of 201 for; thevyear; which must be. considered .encourhgin*. -During tho year, eight members : resigned, eloren left tho service,' and thirteen - r wcre, transferred .to other districts. In conclusion,, tho committee looks forward with confidence to tho future, of the association; and ■trusts that the incoming"' will meet with every success in its: efforts." '-