Wanganui Man Elected President of N.Z. Junior Chambers of Commerce

Wanganui Chronicle, 6 October 1947, Page 4

Wanganui Man Elected President of N.Z. Junior Chambers of Commerce

I Mr. B. E. A. WilEams (Wanganui), ; i who was president of the Wanganui i Junior Chamber of Commerce in I 1945-46 and one of the four New Zea- . j land vice-presidents of the New Zealand Chamber of Commerce last . ■ year, was elected Dominion president I at the national convention, held in Wanganui on Saturday. Born tn 1910, Mr. Williams is an old boy of the Taihape District High .School. Joining the Post and Tele- ; graph Depart incut 22 years ago. he I came to Wanganui in 1935. On the, | establishment of the Wanganui Junior I Chamber in 1914, he became its first, vice-president, and a' zealous worker in the cause of the movement. On his release from the Army in 1944, Mr. Williams was appointed dis- . triet organiser for the National Savings, a position he still holds. As representative of the Wanganui Junior Chamber, he was chairman of ; | the interim committee set up to .’establish the Wanganui T.B. Associa- | lion. A public spirited citizen, Mr. Williams is closely identified with | several local organisations.