HASTINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 118, 29 April 1924, Page 4

HASTINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MONTHLY MEETING. The Chamber met last night, Mr W. C. Whitlock (president) in> the chair. CORRESPONDENCE. The British Empire Exhibition authorities invited members coming to England to visit their office at the Exhibition, and avail themselves of the facilities offered.—Received. The' Shannon Chamber of Commerce asked support for a resolution urging that the main arterial road should take the most direct line from Wellington tf Palmerston North, and thus make Pal merston the junction for New Plymouth, Napier, Masterton and Te Kuiti. Tnere was a likelihood of the road deviating from Levin, via Foxton, on t« 1 New Plymouth and cutting out Palmers , ton, thus making the distance from Wellington to Palmerston and, East Coast ; towns much longer; and also of running , through a lot of poor and sparsely popu lated country, as far as Marton, a dis tance of 50 miles.—Letter received ( j writers to be informed that this dis trict was not concerned.

I The Napier Chamber of Commerce forwarded minutes of the proceeding? of the provincial eonjferen'ce held at Napier, ’drawing particular attention to : the remits (1) urging Chambers to do all in their power to have power avail able from, Mangahao take* up iu their respective districts; (2) that Chambers be requested to set up roads committee ■> , to assist local authorities towards oh | tainjng improved roads, ami to submit reports to next conference; (3) It was represented that substitutes should b : I provided for when delegates original!.’appointed to attend the provincial eon 'ferOnce, were unable to attend. Eac! j Chamber was entitled to send two delegates to future conferences. The next 1 conference will be held on Muy loth. — Received.

i The Association of New Zealand Chambers ‘of Commerce, re trade with the East, wrote in the terms of an article published in the “Tribune ’ cn ; Tuesday, March 11 tn. —To l e brought i before the freezing, fruitgrowers am: dairy companies. | The secretary of the Napier Chamber of Commerce enclosed copies ot letters received from Hon. J. G. Coates,

in reply to letters sent, arising out ot i the provincial conference, stating that (1) orders had already been placed by the Railway Department for a suppl - .of rail motors, and steps would be taken to have them exhaustively tried on sec , tions whore it was considered they would bo most useful. (2, 3. and 4) Investign I tions would be made regarding the di‘ I ferential freight rates between Danni virke and Napier and Wellington, lb ■ representations that the existing rai’ .way facilities iu Hawke’s Bay were in sufficient, and asking for revision of time-tables, and the speeding up of th ■ Wellington-Napier mail train. —Receix ed. . I The Wellington Chamber asked L.i support in urgingta direct steamer se; vice from the Cook Islands, calling al Wellington each alternate trip. Thv service would facilitate delivery of tn pical fruits tb the Southern portion ol the North Island and the South Islam l , and result in an economical gain to tlm consuming public.—To be supported. The Union Steam Ship Company forwarded memorandum of sailing dates of vessels, loading for New Zealand at Now York, and West Coast ports of Eng land.—Posted on the notice board. • The Association of Chambers of Commerce, New Zealand, as‘:ed it any o.

the Chamber’s members woui 1 be visiting United States at che time of the :"World Motor Transport Conference. be held at Detroit, Michigan, from Alay 21st to 24th, and if so would the. nominate any of them as the Chamber s delegates at the conference.—Referred to Air Baker-Gabb. to inform the Transport Trade The Napier Chamber of Commerce enclosed a letter from the Minister of Agriculture, regarding the appointment of a dairy grader at Napier, in which he said the matter would have his atten tion, and he would advise as to whai could be done. —Delegates to the pro vincial conference to bring the matter up at the next session.