CENTRAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 36, 6 November 1917, Page 7

CENTRAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

KLKC'JTON OF OFFICERS. . Tho first council meeting of the CcnIral Chamber of Commerce sinco tlio annual meeting u - ns held in tlio council chamber, Winder's Buildings, yesterday fillei-noon. The chair was occupied by tho president (Mr. C. Al. Luke). Those present wcro Jlc.--.sr.s. J. S. Barton, Hardie Shaw, A. J.cijih.lliint, .1. I'. Atkins, L. A'clson, 1!. ikpplobock, ]l. G. Ten-le, 11. Honors, T. Forsyth, H. U. Miller, L. A. i:d wards, and W. 3. Gaudm. The financial statement showed ft credit of Jt7s 17s. Sd. to the general account and ,£lli 10s. to the Commercial .Defence Fund. The letting*, due amounted to £o Vis., and tho subscriptions unpaid to .£lO TOs. ■The president welcomed heartily the new members of the council, and in doing so he mentioned tho many grave problems they had to meet, and'in that respect lie felt (hat tfhe new members would bring intelligence and new ideas lo bear upon them. Without new blood' any organisation would become stagnant, and ho knew of no body at the present time which stood in lieed of that new blood more than chambers of commerce. Tho election of officers resulted as follows:—'President, Mr. C. M. Luke; vice-president, Mr. A. Leigh Hunt; executive tmd finance committee, Messrs. Luke, Hunt, 11. liogers, J. V. Atkins, and T. Forsyth; arbitration committtee, Hewers. Edwards, Shaw, Forsyth, Nelson, Oaiidin, Sogers; commercial defence fund, Messrs. Edwards. Gaudin, Miller, Barton, Forcyth. and Rogers; shipping and insurance, Messrs. Edwards, Hart, Miller, 'J'eaglo, and Nelson; legislation, Messrs. Edwards, I'orsyth, Gaudin, Hart, Shaw, Mapplebcck, and Roger.;; improved country communications, Messrs. Atkins, Hurt, Mapplebeck, Nelson, Shaw, and Rogers. The' following were elected members of tho chamber-Messrs. S. W. Kelly, A. C. JTedgcr, J. W. Martin, A. C. Jensen, IT. fttockbridge, Ferguson and Osborn, 11. 0. Hewitt, E. Perry, R, Wedderspoon, H. B. Williams, 'W. 11. Edwards and Sons, T. F. Foley, Andrew Williams, Harold W. Brown.

Thursday, November 22, was fixed as the. dato of tlio first meoHii},' of the members of the chamber in the new year. Mr. Hunt thought it '•voiild be sulvisablo to arrange Hint certain subieets should be set down for discussion. Mr. Edwards ihoimht that if they coiiJd arrange a few interesting subjects the meetings would be, made both entertamins and wlticalive. II; wax decided, on Ihe mntnn of Jlv. L A. Kdwarde. (hat nomir -lions lor membership should be. anni'M'ced and circulated with the notice calling the meeting This precaution was decided on in order (hat members should bo riven the opportunity of knowing before the meeting who were to be proposed ae members. . . , T v, Messrs. Luke, A. L. Hunt, and J. S. Barton were appointed delegates of the chamber to the conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, lo be held on November '28 and 2!).