THE COLOlJR USERS' ASSOCIATION
At t lie iinnutll nicctiiig IicM in ,\lii~icli~stcr on ,I d y 26, the cliniriiiiin (Sir IreItry SittclifIc Sniitli) siiid : 13cforc revicwiiig iiiicl rit tciiiljting to sitninitirize the chief events of our piist yeti' s work, I slioiild like once niorc to express niy tliri~iks iind itpprcciiit ion to the nicinbcrs of tlic Council rind tlie .iirious strindiiig comiiiittccbs for thcir wliolc-licnrtcd nttcntion to the interests of tlie Associiition. \'liilst I feel it invidious to nirntion Iiiitiies ivlicii PO ninny Itnve tlonc such good work, I criniiot let tlic occasion pnss without once Inore co~~vcyitip our spccinlt hiinks to our honoriiry tcchniciil iidviscr. IIr. a. E. IIolden, Y.B.E., nlto lrris now iictd in this cripiicity for thc fourteenth yciir in siiccessioit. 1 should like iilso to piiy tribittc t o tlie cllicient niannc~ in which Nr. Nllis Green nud his stiiff hnvc pcrforiiircl their duties during tlie p s t yew. It is with dcep regret tliiit I hove to report the. death of tlirce vrilucd nicniben; of the Council : Jlr. A. A. Crnbtrcc \dto lrud represented tlic Ihglislt 'elvet and Cord Dyers' ~\ssocintion on tlie Counril since I!)%;, Jlr. Thorp \'hitrikcr, ii director of Tliv Urndfortl Dyers' Association, Ltcl. \vho liiicl liecti iictively connected with scvcrril of our coininittrcs iind who ltad been on the Cortncil for n i i i 1 1 ~ YCiirs, iind JIr. J . li. Denison, our littc hon. trt~istirc.r, tvlio wns n nicnitrcbr of tlie old Coloiir Uscrs' Coniniittrc ;it its inception i n 1915 iind ltnd bccn ri ~ne~nlicr of the Council since the foriiiiition of this Associrition. All of these ge~itlrtiic~i hilt1 eiirnctl 11tli.~l?;i11 rcspc.rt and esteem, nntl their piissing is u greiit loss to tlic Asocintioii.