MASTER BUILDERS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 131, 1 December 1930, Page 16

MASTER BUILDERS

ANNUAL MEETIXG

'There; was a representative attendance j»f members at the annual meeting of the .Wellington Master Builders' ami Contractors' Association, held" on Thursday Evening last, Mr. W. I. Clark, president, presiding. The annual report dealt extensively with •ihe activities conducted by the association during the past year.' The report was fully' discussed and ' unanimously adopted. . ■ i The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as. follows:—President,'Mr. \V. I. Clark (re-elected); vice-president, Mr. A. H. Mildeuhall (re-elected); - comjriittee, Messrs. ■W. Parkin, H. Mainland, H. T. Boddy, D. G. Whitmore, C. H. J)bwnes,-F. Stewart, J. W. Andrews. A. B;Fraser; lion, treasurer, Mr. A. l?let->.-iier; lion, auditors, Messrs. J. Riddell, Q: If. Dick; representative Wellington Obamber o£ Commerce, Mr.'-.7. H. Meyer; 3-epresentative Wellington Manufacturers' Association, Mr. W. Mill; ' Wellington '.l:echnical College Building /Trades Advis-oj-y Committee, Messrs. C. G. 'Johann, C. H. Downes; employere/ representatives Carpentry- and Joinery Trade Apprentice-whip-Committee, Messrs. AY. Parkin, C. G. Johann, C. H. Downes, H. T. Boddy. IVfcssrs. A. B. I'raser, 3. W. Andrews, and A. Fletcher were appointed to.represent tte association at the annual conference of the New Zealand Master Buildfti'S 3 Federation, to be held at Invercargill on the 25th and 2Cth February nest.

The meeting unanimously voted £7 7s ftjC prizes- for bona fide apprentices attending the carpentry, joinery, and building construction classes at the Welling*oll Technical College, the allocation of the prizes to-be left to Messrs. C. G. johann and C. H; Dovrnes.

Mr. G. I). Diuk, a member oop£p -the Board o£ Governors, paid a tribute to the ivork of/MiviW. H. Bennett, chairman,of the ■Wellington Technical College Board of G-over,nora,ovho for 'many years past had wholeheartedly 'devoted-himself to the interests of the students'and tlie college. The principal, Sir. John H. Ilovrell, and iho etaff, .also came -iv for special praise. Mr. Dick spoke iv appreciative terms of the improved work of the students, ivliose numbers cafltinued to increase,