PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21405, 5 August 1931, Page 4

PUBLIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL . CONFERENCE (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, August 4. The annual conference of the Public Service Association was held to-day. The Attorney-general (Sir Thomas Sidey) attended on behalf of the Government. In the course of his remarks, Sir Thomas Sidey r.eferred to the cut which the economic position had rendered necessary, and said the Government appreciated the loyalty of the service and the uncomplaining manner in which the reduction was accepted by the service generally. He felt that the association could render a distinct public service in endeavouring to maintain a spirit of friendliness in the existing circumstances. The report and balance sheet were adopted and the conference went into committee on the remits.

The election of officers resulted as follows:—President, Mr A. Burgess; vicepresidents, Messrs R. Fullerton and P. S. Foley; vice-presidents (ex officio) — Messrs T. L. Seator, W. J. Ewart, J. P. Lane, E. D, Sinclair, S. T. Barnett, D. A. Young; hon. general treasurer, Mr R. Sinel; hon. auditor, Mr R. L. Jellicoe; hon. solicitors, Messrs Mazengarb and Macalister; sectional representatives: North Auckland —Messrs W. S. Hardy (South Auckland), H. W. C. Mackintosh (Waikato), B. R. Wakelin (Gisborne), D. A. O’Neill (Taranaki), W. Boardman (Wanganui), A. H. M‘Kay (Hawke’s Bay), J. W. MacDonald (Palmerston North), C. E. Butcher (Wellington) > E. D. Sinclair and G, G. M. Mitchell (Marlborough), W. N. Waugh (Nelson), J. H. Thornton (West Coast), R. Fullerton (Canterbury), S. Roberts (South Canterbury), S. J. Collett (Otago), J. W. Nissen (Southland), W. J. Wakelin (Western Samoa) and J. H. M‘Kay; lady representatives—Misses R. Barnett and A, M. Palmer.