" I venture to hope that your Aseocia tion may yet see its way to induce the other manufacturers now standing out to join with the other manufacturers and ac cepts tbe statement. Failing this, I trust that some arrangement may be made to meet this local difficulty, and so obviate any possibility of renewed disorganisation of the trade such as will be likely to follow the abandonment of statement proposed at the Conference.
" 1 am, dear sir, yours faithfully, "Geo. T. Booth, " President Canterbury Employers' Association."

LETTER TO THE THAMES MINERS.
