MASTER BAKERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 12

MASTER BAKERS.

AUCKLAND ASSOCIATION. " ANNUAL GATHERING. —The : annual, dinner of the Auckland Bakers' Association took plate on Saturday evening, « ' * J ln responding to the toast of "The Association," Mr. -C. Cowan, president, said he h6ped the time was not far dis-, tarit when every master baker in Auckland would bo linked up v/ith the air-; 'sociation. Only under such circumstances could their ideal be attained. • "Bakers antfe grocers are members of trades that should receive consideration from all fsir-minded people," said ]VTr. H." Woods, in replying to the tonst of "Tho Master-Grocers.'A. "We .cannot do: .with* .put food and the bakers are the medium' through which th®; Community is supplied with .the principal food—the staff 0! life." In appeaHng .'for more co-operation be.tween the, two trades, the speakir said thoy should "co-operate, not only as retail bakers and grocers, but as munufac : turers and •-wholesalers. Mr. Woods strongly condemned the -instalment sys : tem of making purchases, which created only jiyporficittl prosperity and hampered industry- '<• The toast'of "Tfje Milling and .Allied Trades" wag proposed by Mr. B. Lane. 1 Responding to the toast of "Past Members,Mr, T. King said he wau the oldest master baker iti Auckland, and had been a member of the association for almost half a' century. Although conditions in | tho trade were never better than they were to-day he urged all bakers.to maintain the. quality of their bread: I In replying to the toast of "Ths New Zealand Bakers and I'astrycooko 1 Association," proposed by Mr. G". H. Ab<>l, Mr. G. K, Mathieson, the Dominion president, said the aim of the executive had been to try and teach members of the trndo to bo fair and square to one another. Cutting prices would never get them anywhere. / ■

Tributes were paid to Mr. C. Cowan, who, like his father, had proved an able and efficient president, and to Mr. J. H. Barker, the association's secretary. The thanks of. all members were conveyed to Sin A. Nairn, whose hospitality had been accorded them that evening. Vocal items were rendered by Messrs; Waiter Brough and Con Welson, and the New Zealand Four. Mr. C. H, Worsley acted as accompanist.