CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 94, 20 April 1923, Page 9

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

RAILWAY AND FOSTAL MATTERS. mmmm WfiBMR the Railway Department Inelde of luonthsThe P&UcfWorSS Department Eμ HUMiM the service at P^" 1 Huarau and Portland, * na . » J e n cU > f? 0 ?! service -will be started within a weeK or *The Postmaster-General replied to nromjlalnt of the length of time in the delivery ta to Th?rmeHcU r po ß tai e authlritie°scoum send its own mail by any route it ehoat, but had to send trnnslt mail by the quickest route. No doubt for reasons of cost tile American steamers between San Francisco and Sydney were used whenever possll.l*>. Regarding the forwarding of all second-class mall matter between Wellington and Auckland on the express on date of arrival, the Postmaster-General stated that this would require au extra waeon on the occasions of a heavy mall, entailing the use of a second enelne. This wn> hnrdlv iustiflaMe ns yet, nut the delay m delivery of sei-ond-class mail matter would be minimised "i much as possible. The Mluist" of Marine Intimated that n detailed of the cost of a llchtlionse on thr Great King of the Three Kinpp was heinir oompilen , . He also £orwarded a report on the two wireless dtrec-tion-flndliiK Systems, with tests of the radio beacon Ftetton, w u ioh wns rnnsWe'-etl to be .1 practical aid to navigation. On the same subject the Shipmasters' Association held thnt the only complete vrnd sure puide for craft of all kinds was a Hghthorse. The New Ze-Blanrt Institute of Architects advised that Mr. H. C. Griereon had nomirated as its representative on the Chamber of Commerce Council. The Jewellers' Association was admitted to affiliation, with Mr. E. ,S. Kohn ac special representative on the Council. A resolution was received from the Hastings Chanibprs. -affirming the need of exnloiting nntlonnl resources «in economic lines, untramelled by nolltical consideration, and nrgefl that thi> -development of the water power be handed over to business management. At the reoueet of the Hamilton Chamtier Ifr. Stewart was nnnolnted n To.nre-ser-tative to meet the Minister of Railways nnrt the Hamilton Executive on Mnv 31 r\VaiVflto pfior\- d"tr,\ )p o** flo r *■** *Uc-o-n«t. a rearrangement of the Aupkland-Hamilton trnln service for t>ip pnrposp nf the pTPsent necpssitv of catchine the e.--nress at S n.ni. Id the course of a one-day trip to H-amilton from Auckland.