N.Z. NATIONAL PARTY

Wanganui Chronicle, 29 April 1950, Page 8

N.Z. NATIONAL PARTY

Marked enthusiasm was the keynote of the annual meeting of the Taihape branch of the New Zealand National Party, held in the Drill Hall on Thursday evening. Members from all parts of the district were present. The chairman, Mr. D. L. Broome, presided, and also present were the chairman of the South Auckland Division, Mr. George Walsh, and the sec-retary-organiser of the division, Mr. O. M. Friedlander, together with the secretary-organiser of the Waimarino electorate, Mr. F. R. Barrington. The chairman welcomed Messrs. Walsh and Friedlander on behalf of the local branch. The annual report presented by Mr. Broome, was adopted. Election of Officers. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted: Chairman, Mr. D. Broome; deputy-chairman, Mr. R. J. Gibbs; hon. secretary, Mr. T. C. Kincaid; general committee, Messrs. J. P. Tierney, R. A. Anderson, L. McMillan, A. R. Fannin, H. Gooderick, A. M. Gordon, J. O. C. Anderson, A. C. Aldridge, J. Webb, F. Bruce, and W. B. Mark; ladies’ committee, Mesdames ; W. Neagle, D. Broome, F. Bruce, M. Jensen, R. J. Gibbs, R. A. Anderson, A. J. Evans, Newton, Kincaid, H. Hayman, senr.; delegates to general committee, Mesdames D. Broome and M. Jensen. The chairman reported that the annual ball would be held on May 24. The charges for admission were fixed at the same as last yeai. Remit to Conference. Mr. Kincaid moved thb following remit to the annual conference of delegates (Waimarino electorate), to be held at Raetihi today (Saturday): “That it be a recommendation to the conference that the Wages Protection and Contractors’ Liens Act, 1939, 'be amended to make part II of the Act binding upon the Crown." Speaking to the remit, Mr. Kincaid said that local bodies and others letting contracts were required to hold back 25 per cent, of the contract price for one month for purposes of protection, particularly in regard to subcontractors and persons working for wages. The Act was binding on all but the Crown. Recently, a case occurred in the Waimarino electorate where a builder who was building State houses went bankrupt and the people working for him got nothing because the Act was not binding on the Crown. The sub-contractors were not paid. It was with the purpose of avoiding the possibility of a repetition of this sort of thing that he was moving the remit. The motion was seconded by Mr. J. Webb and carried, and will go before the annual conference today at Raetihl. BOWLING SEASON CLOSES TOMORROW. The bowling season .will close tomorrow (Sunday). Full rinks will be played in the morning and competitions in the afternoon. A big muster of members is expected for the final games of the season. HOCKEY TOURNEY. An all-day hockey tourney will be played tomorrow on the Domain. Teams will consist of seven a-side. GOOD CATCH. Fishing in the Ikawata River, on the Taihape-Napier road, recently, Mr. W. Foley, of Ohotu, caught six large trout averaging eight pounds in weight. A friend who accompanied him in this locality shot five deer and two wild pigs. The two sportsmen were well satisfied with the success of their efforts. PERSONAL. Reference to the deaths of Mr. A. James, past chairman of the Taihape branch of the New Zealand National Party, Mr. C. D. Burrows, formerly Public Trust agent at Taihape, and a staunch supporter of the party, and Mr. G. V. Gray, farmer, late of Ngawaka, was made by the chairman, Mr. D. Broome, at the annual meeting on Thursday evening. Members stood in silence as a mark of respect to the memory of deceased. Mr. T. C. Kincaid, who was the first secretary of the Taihape branch of the New Zealand National Party when it was formed in 1936, and has been acting in this capacity again during the past year, was re-elected to the position at the annual meeting on Thursday. A high tribute to his work was paid by the chairman, Mr. D. L. Broome, who was also re-elected with the deputy-chairman, Mr. R. J. Gibbs.