CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 12290, 2 March 1938, Page 3

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

TE AHOHA meeting onllTH AUCKLAND ASSO--6 OIATION kadio IXTEKFEHENCE The first meeting of the year of . couth Auckland Association of lhe Chambers of Commerce was Co .“. nt fl : Te Aroha last week, when w E Schofield (president) pre- • I a over the following members of Affiliated chambers; Messrs J. H. ® and E. Brindlecombe (PaeBar ft C Mums. A. Madill, A. N. rfau’ford P. Williams, M. Morison, ? r cear W. Sharpe and G. G. GnfL, matamata), E. V. Fitzpatrick, , T Wvatt, J- Ward, E. Hopkins, J. ntto’H. L. Thompson, D. J. BurL ’° j’ E. Wild, M. H. Hume, 3. § ess ’ H H Wood and H. Mittoa T. J. Ryan and W. iretherington (Morrinsville). Mrß Hopkins (Te Aroha) openea tie meeting, and extended a wel;“e to delegates and members. It the first meeting of the chamfpr to be held in Te Aroha, and he the discussions would be profile Apologies were to hand from the Putaruru and Thames chambers of Commerce. Ch ln taking the chair, Mr Schofield thanked Mr Hopkins for the cordial ffllcome, and stated the pleasure it eave to have the Te Aroha chamber Liv linked up with the organisation. T, was impossible to select a meetL place to suit all the chambers such a wide area as that covered v tne South Auckland Chamber, and so for this reason the venue was moved from time to time Referring to business, the chairman said that there was an impression among some chambers that the executive was responsible for the business before the meeting. This was not so, as in the ordinary .sense there was no executive, only a president and secretary. The chamber depended on affiliated chambers almost wholly for business, and he hoped delegates would keep this in mind, especially secretaries, who might make a note of business dealt with by their chamber which was of wide interest, and not merely appertaining to local matters, and forward «ame as remits to the parent body. Mr Munns (Matamata) stated that in his centre considerable trouble had been experienced with regard to the interference caused by certain electrical appliances in radio reception. It was very difficult, he said, to obtain the services of an inspector to locate this trouble, and even when obtained the inspector had no power to enforce the rectification of the trouble. The inspectors were required to cover districts which were far too large, and he thought that as listeners paid licensee tees for their radios they should receive more assistance from the Government in this respect. I Mr I. H. Forbes (Te Aroha) sup- j ported Mr Munn’s remarks, stating that the district inspector now had 1 advice that he was to attend to com- : plaints only when the interference blocked out Auckland. This, he said, was an absurd position. * Mr Crawford suggested that all electrical implements should be fitted before sale with a device which would ensure that they did not interfere with radio. Mr Hetherington (Morrinsville) said that to appoint special inspectors to investigate the position was quite unnecessary. He claimed that the P. and T. Department should be vested with power to follow up all complaints and compel owners of the appliances above mentioned to adjust them. It was decided finally to write to the Government asking that some action be taken to give better service to radio listeners in this respect, and also urging that with a view to preventing this difficulty arising in future, a more stringent inspection of electrical appliances be made to ensure that they are fitted with a condenser to prevent interference hi radio reception. Two remits from the Putaruru Chamber, delegates of which body were not present, read; (1) That the Government be urged to allow the unrestricted importation of fruit (particularly oranges), and that the imported supplies be made available on arrival of boats through open market to anyone who wishes to purchase. (2) That the Government be asked to consider the question of a universal half-holiday. Both received the support of the meeting, the remits being formally adopted. £ At the" close of the meeting the Chairman asked for an expression of opinion as to the location of the next meeting, and it was decided that the next meeting be the annual meeting, to be held in July, provided no important business cropped up In the meantime. Delegates unanimously favoured Matamata and Morrinsville as the most central locations, and as Morrinsville had been the venue of the last annual meeting, it was decided to ask the Matamata Chamber to act as hosts for this year’s meeting.