NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYERS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2888, 28 September 1916, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND EMPLOYERS

ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Tho fourteenth annual' meeting of the No lv - Zealand Employers' Federation was held yesterday, Mr ,T. Sliailer Weston, president, being in tho chair. Tho following delegates wero present:—Employers' Associations: Auckland, Messrs. W. J. Jaggs and H. W. Hudson; .Hawke's Bay, Messrs. li. G. Warren, W. P. Mitchell (secretary), and H. Amner; New Plymouth, Mr. W. ,F. Brooking; Wanganui, Messrs. N. Mouli and A. Weekes (secretary); Feilding, Mr. ¥~ Pirani; Manawatu, Messrs. C. F. Johnston and W. M'Kenzio (secretary); Wairarapa, Mr. C. A. Tabuteau (secretary); Wellington, Messrs. W. J. Thompson, C. M. Banks, T. Muirt, and W. A: W. Grenfell (secretary); Canterbury, Messrs. C. H. Hewlett, C. R. Hayward, J. A. Frostick, and W. Morley; South Canterbury, Mr. G. P. Wood (secretary;; Otago, Messrs. F. W. Mitchotl, E. 0. Hazlett, C. A. Shiel, and A. S. Cookson (secretary); Southland, Messrs. S. Craig and F.' A. Webb (secretary); N.Z. Boot Manufacturers' Association, Mr. B. Mapplobeck; N.Z. Gas Companies' Association, Mr. W. Ferguson;N.Z. Master Printers' Association, Mr. H. Coull; N.Z. Master Builders' Association, Mr. H. Mainland; N.Z. Woollen Manufacturers' Association, Mr. W. H. P. Barber; N.Z. Shipowners' Fede™, tion, Mr. W. E. Fuller; N.Z. Plumbers' Federation, Mr. W. Judd; N.Z. Gold Minoowners' Association, Mr. T. S. Weston; N.Z. Furniture Trades' Association, Mr. E. Collie; National Dairy Association, Mr. J. G. Hnrkness. Trustee, Mr. W. H. Bennett. Ex-presi-dents, Messrs. T. Ballinger, W. G., Foster, C. M. Luke, and W. Hopkirk. Tho annual report was adopted. Officers were elected as follow:—Prefddont. Mr. T. Shailer Weston (reelected); vice-president,' Mr. T. Ballinger; treasurer, Mr. H. Coull; trustee*, Messrs. W. H. Bennett, A. E. Pearce, C. M. Luke, and W. A. Flavell; Parliamentary Committee, the members of tho Advisory Board, and Messrs. S. 8. Kirkcaldie,' A. C. Mitchell. J. Beveridge, H. F. Allen, and C. Cathio; auditor, Mr. W. C. Stephens, F.P.A. (re-elected). It was decided that the publication of the Industrial Bulletin should be continued.