MASTER CARRIERS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 154, 17 March 1923, Page 8

MASTER CARRIERS

6 ANNUAL MEETING OF ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Wellington Master Carriers’ Association was held on Thursday evening. Mr. T. A. Muni, president, the chair. Mr. Munt stated tnat the membership campaign now in progress had resulted in the enrolment to date of 25 now members. The association had successfully defended seven actions brought against members by local bodies outside Wellington claiming license fees on motor-lorries. The association, considering that it had need of direct representation on the Wellington Harbour Board in order to further not -nly its own interests but also those of importers and the general public, unanimously restilved to elect- Mr. D. J. McGowan as its nominee for the representative of “payers of dues other than ship’s dues.” The following officers were elected for the ensuing year. —President, Mr. D. J. McGowan; vice-president, Mr. It. M. Griffiths; executive, Messrs. W. I. J. Blyth, A. J. Curtis, W. D. Irons, A. A. Donaldson, 1. Williams, A. Smith, and J. Holland, Jun.; hon. auditors, Messrs. W. I. J. Blyth and E. Magee; treasurer, Mr. F. Ross; Small Carriers’ Committee, Messrs. A. Smith (convener), J. Wilcox, W. J. Neman, I. Williams, J. Holland, Jun., J. Warren, P. Callaghan, W. McArthur, J. S. McKelvie, J. T. Harris, J. W. Moncrieff, W. Chatfield, A. Bywaters, and Osborne; Customs Committee, Messrs. IV. I. J. Blyth (convener), G. J. Curtis; Finance Committee, Messrs, tor, W. D. Irons, B. Ginger, and A. . Curtis; Finance Committee, Messrs. D. J. McGowan, 11. M. Griffiths, and F. Ross; Larger Carriers’ Committee, Messrs. T. A. Munt (convener). A. Bannister, A. A. Donaldson, E. Magee, G. B. Christie, H. M. Heywood A. J. Curtis, S Ivory, R. Adams, W. I. J. Blyth, and P. M. Cameron; Legislation Committee, Messrs. G. B. Christie (convener), H. M. Heywood, J. Wilcox, and A. J. Curtis. Appreciative references were made by several members to the excellent services rendered the association bv the retiring president, Mr. T. A. Alunt. Members also referred in appreciative terms to the excellent services rendered to the city by tho chief traffic inspector and his staff. The meeting terminated with votes of thanks to the retiring officers.