"NO LIGHT TASK"

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 81, 6 April 1932, Page 16

"NO LIGHT TASK"

CHAMBER OF COMMERCEv%-"\?\ 'ACTIVITY'; ;; ;: ■■;•; > "A. chamber of commerce has no light task to watch closely legislation proposals and enactments that are likely to prejudice trading interests and to be onerous ; and burdensome to ' those engaged in the commerce of the Dominion, and 1931 was no exception," states the/annual report ?f;the Council oihthe Wellington-QS^mberv ''fOpnditjpngsfqr the business community have, to say the least, been, dull, and it- has'been commonly obvious that when the -trading community is prosperous prosperity rules" through the Pominion;1 and Government ;s ipcrejasingly recognising this in its consultation of commercial views, a' recognition, it must be admitted, .much belated since chambers ■of commerce" representationsif or years .past have stress.edjconditipna needing attention, in the intereßts'Bf-tnepublic weal.' Had past re'eommehdation's from cha,m* bers of cobimerce T)eorir heeded, it' is undoubted there wouid" be less difiSculty to-day.. With the'-strengthening of the Associated. Chambers of: Comnjerce; of Nejfr,.jZealand .better, opportunity. offers for.emphasising these views', and it behoves; everyone in .'commercial "life to give his;rloca.l;(s'hainber and.the united chambers, the T utmos.t.backing and'Bupporti and to.make his first tlough't":the enrolment of .more.members to strengthen; jther organisation that' can ,do and. does so^injich. for him apd the livelihood represented by.his■business, i ''Eepresentations were made upon: varip-us; problems,, presented,. and as:, a.. result1 assurances were received^/ proposals were. dropped, suggestions incorporated, and amendments made in legislation/before" Parliament. The Wellington?' Chamber has done;invaluable seryice/in; these'directions in. the interests of" the commercial community. , .: /The■-membership of the 'chamber ,at present-stands at '483. V : : ;.