COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS’ ASSOCIATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20319, 30 January 1928, Page 3

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS’ ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL MEETING. The annual meeting of the Gor-mercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association of Otago was held in the club rooms on Friday evening. Mr J. T. Gillan presided over a good attendance of club and association members. “The financial results of the year are not going to inspire us to great inthusiasm," said Mr Gillan, in moving the adoption of the report and balance sheet. “ The outcome of the year’s work is that we are now exactly £llO Is worse off than we were at this time last year. Although this slight loss is shown, we do not measure the activities of the club by a small loss. Considering the usefulness of our activities, the loss is not going to make us down-hearted. At the same time, however, we are a long, long way from the Bankruptcy Court. The results show that our activities have been carried on quite as well as, if not better than, in previous years. Our club carries out the duties it was constituted for most admirably. I would urge all members to give it their whole-hearted support. Mr W. Thomson, in seconding the adoption of the report, stated that the association side of the club was in a good healthy condition. The club account provided a more serious matter for consideration. Since 1925 they had been going back at the rate of £IOOO a year. If that went on long enough they would be in a very bad way. The present location of the club wa§ not exactly ideal, and although there was no suggestion or proposal of an immediate change in site, the committee had the matter under consideration. An appreciation of the services rendered to the club by the retiring president (Mr Gillan) was recorded. Eulogistic reference was made to the services of Mr W. A. Lucas, who, for the past 28 years has occupied the position of club manager. Mr Gillan stated that his resignation had been received with sincere regret.