FEILDING NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 274, 12 August 1908, Page 8

FEILDING NEWS.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

(fbom our special correspondent.)

A meeting of tho Feilding Chamber.' of JommeTce was held on Monday afternoon, Mr. A. H. 'Atkinson presiding. »; Tho Secretary, of the Department of Justice wrote with reference to the,new Courtuouse, .stating the plans weTe, in course;ofpreparation iand would: be sent to the local Justices when ready. Mr. Carty, in conjunction with the Mayor, was asked to wait upon or write to the Minister, and ask him what steps were being taken in the matter. Mr. Sutton askedif'any reply had been received from the Minister for Customs with referenco'to signing customs declarations before Justices of the Peace, instead of the v.-itness being limited to the Postmaster. After'some discussion on the matter, it was decided to the member for the district to interview the Minister for Customs on! the matter, and point out tho great inconvenience of the present system. " , Mr, Carty said the town was in for something more than-it realised in connection with the Rivers Commission, and it might be pretty severely' taxed to drain some Bvntnp land along the lower Manawatu' river fr flic benefit'.of a'few flax growers. " ■ President agreed with what Mr. Carty. said, but he said new legislation would accessary before any taxing was done, •i iinted ont that the position was a vital as tho rivers were continually washing <y very .valuable property—particularly ''■p Anrangi and the Saunders estates. lv. Cobbe said Feilding was in the unfor-■nt-c position of having taken a leading , .t! through their representatives at the •• •. ,-rs the request• for • a Commission. Mr. Carty suggested that the Borough )o',incil be- asked to add another represeniitive to those already appointed to the Conference. 1 - » ' • '| Nothina deficits waa-'dau&ii tto