Mr. Chairman Before proceeding with the
order paper I must ask the indulgence of the
Convention to direct your attention to a cable that
I received on October 21, almost immediately
after adjournment was taken.
The Chairman of the National Convention
Newfoundland Hotel
St. John's
We, the Newfoundland Lumbermen's Association at its tenth annual convention extend
to you and members our heartiest
co-operation in all things for the betterment
of our island home and its people with an
immediate return to equality and responsibility, which is traditionally ours.
Signed,
J .J . Thompson
President,
Newfoundland Lumbermen's Association
In view of the fact that the Lumbermen's Association was then in session and that
it would be
some eight or ten days before the Convention
would reassemble, I decided that the cable ought
to he replied to, and, on the following day I sent
the following reply.
J.J. Thompson Esq.,
President,
Newfoundland Lumbermen's Association,
Grand Falls, Newfoundland.
On behalf of the National Convention of
Newfoundland, may I convey to you, and
through you to the Newfoundland
Lumberman's Association, our deep appreciation and thanks for your very kind
cable of the 21st instant, to which the attention of the Convention will be formally
drawn at its next session.
Signed,
J.B. McEvoy
Chairman,
National Convention
I trust that you, gentlemen, will ratify and approve my action in sending this cable....
We'll
now proceed to the order of the day.
