TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8191, 5 August 1912, Page 4

TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION

HALF-YEARLY MEETING

Tho forty-ninth half-yearly meeting of tho Wellington Typographical Union was hold at the Oddfellows’ Hall on Saturday evening. There was a large attendance of members. The presi-

lent, Mr G. C. Barker, occupied the chair. Financial assistance tvas voted to the ■Wellington Retail Soft Goods Em ployees’ Union, in order to assist that union in conducting a dispute for improved conditions for its members, and expressions of encouragement are to bo forwarded to them, with the hope that their efforts will result in a satisfactory set of conditions being embodied in an award to cover that calling. In regard to Professor T. W. Mills’s appeal in reference to the United Labor Party and its paper, it was decided not to take any action in favour of any newspapers as against any others, as members of the union were employed in newspaper offices of all political shades of opinion and action. The report and balance-sheet were considered and finally adopted as submitted by the board of management. It was resolved : “ That the sum of £5 bo voted towards defraying the funeral expenses of the late Mr D. P. Fisher, and that the union place on record its high sense of appreciation of the many services rendered by deceased while he was a member and executive officer of the union.”