TIMBER WORKERS
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
The annual conference of the New Zealand Timber Workers' Federation was opened in the Trades Hall to-day. The president, Mr. T. o'Byrne, presided. Delegates present were: Messrs. E. Elliott, E. Parls.ne, V. H. T. Goodman (Canterbury); T. O'Byrne and J. Alsweiler (Southland); E. A. Lucas and T. A. Brown (Otago); A. E. South (New Plymouth); P. O'Kourk and T. Shout (King Country); F. li. Turley and B. Topp (Westland). Mr. Turley also represented Nelson and South Canterbury.
Mr. O'Byrne briefly addressed the delegates and referred to the condition of the timber industry at the present time. The industry, he said, required watching, and tlie interests of the timber workers would have to be safeguarded.
Amoug the remits to be discussed are: (a) Importation of foreign timbers; (b) workers' compensation; (c) national agreement for timber workers in New Zealand.
The conference will probably last four days.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19270802.2.108
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1927, Page 11
Word Count
149TIMBER WORKERS Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1927, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in