TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 12788, 13 June 1912, Page 7

TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.

L ♦■ . .' I The general monthly meeting of the East Coast Trades and Labor Council was held last evening m the Trades Hall, the president (Mr J. C... E. Turner) presiding over a splendid attendance of delegates. The minutes of the previous' general .meeting were read and coniirmed,' as also Wre the minutes of seveTttl special' meetings y held during the month. A large amount hf outward and inward correspondence was read, approved, and received. Among the correspondence .received was a letter from Mr D. Robertson (secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department), m answer to the Trades Council's request that the Gisborne Post-office be raised to first status so as to allow, it being open for a while m the ovening for business, stating that that request had been granted. Several letters from the Dominion executive of the United Labor Party were also received. Several of the unions wrote notifying the Council 'of appointed to a committee to raise ft fund, for the benefit of the widow of the late Mr B. A. .Graham. '. The secretary was . instructed to call the delegates together uext Thursday evening. •.■■>.-. The: report of the; business done at the recent conference of the Trades and Labor Councils' Federation was' received. Copies were Handed to delegates, and - discussion was deferred.' -till rnext meeting. - \ ■ The!. secretary's 1 report and balance-Bheet for the 'past' year, were submitted for adoption. The president, m moving their adoption, mentioned that the first thing m the report was mention of the -severe loss the. Council had (sustained In tho/ death of the late Councillor T. J. Jackson, lie stated that m many ways the loss was felt; lie,'.. was a man <f whom great things had been expected m Labor circles, and had he lived he would have risen to a much higher position than that of Borough Councillor. The president urged upon delegates the necessity of attending meetings regularly. He deprecated, the fact; that a few of the delegates did pot seem to : realise their responsibility, to the union 'iliey' were supposed to represent. The- balance-sheet showed a cr.dlt balance of £45 19s 2d, which, was very creditable, m view of the' tact that, the expenses for the year- had -been very heavy, and showed careful management. > Mr J. H. Hall, m seconding the adoption nf the report and balance^shee^.- said that the year had been fraught, with much importance for 0)0 worke— . The Labor movement was rapidly extending m Gisborne, and under- the new status of . the United Labor Party this Council would gain m importance and usefulness. | After a. short discussion the report and bal-ance-sheet were adopted: ' . I The- secretary, was instructed to reply . to the Furniture Makers' Federation .-: that tlie Gisborne Trades and Labor ■ .Council will give their support m having legislation passed to prevent the furniture trade fallings into the hands of Chinese, as had - happened m Aub- . tralia. I The secretary was instructed to obtain quotations of cost of installing electric light m meeting - rooms,, and to submit . the^ samd. at next meeting. - I The following were appointed ft committee to consider the purchase op erection , ; o( a spitable building for a Trades Hall; Messrs J. C. E. Turner, D, W. Coleman, Jv JI, Hal), G. Bartlett,. R.p Kellett, R, Haycock. A, S. .Richards. The committee was instructed to report '"at next ine_tiii{£ , Should' the committee be divided m opinion, both a majority and a minority | report,,- to be submitted. ty, wos- pointed oiit that Mr Coleman, the : secretary, fiad an enormous amount of writing j to do, and it was considered that something [should be .done whereby .tho work, migh-t ,be j lightened, It was decided to purchase a cyclostyle or sin\ilar contrivance, -for the use of ; the secretary m turning out correspondence, i The matter was left m the hands' of the 'president and secretary, ,•.,,;■ It was decided that a meeting of ratepayers be called for next Monday ovening m Whinray's Hall, for the purpose of further considering the installation of the sewerage system into dwellings. Several accounts were passed for payment. Mr Ottoway ■ was welcomed as a delegate from the Hotel Employees' Union. , - >