BUSINESS MEN MEET

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 30, 22 January 1929, Page 9

BUSINESS MEN MEET

HASTINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY MEETING. GENERAL BUSINESS. The monthly meeting of the Hastings Chamber of Commerce was held last night. Mr, E. J. W. Hallett, in the unavoidable absence of Mr, J. S. McLeod (president) occupied the chair. The Main Highways Board advised that the board is making a survey of the various sites to ascertain what should be done regarding the erection of bridges in place of the present concrete fords on the Napier-Wairoa road.—Received.

The H.B. Automobile Association, in reply to a letter asking whether the association could include the name of Hastings on signposts erected in prominent places, advised that the practice adopted by the various associations was to give prominence on direction signs to terminal towns in a district. When approaching intermetliate towns en route the names of such were given for the guidance of motorists. If more signs were required the committee would consider recommendations from the chamber—Mr. Whitlock suggested that Hastings could be coupled with Napier on the signboards. He moved in that direction and it was decided to thank the board and to suggest that, when they erected new sign-hoards, the direction “To Hastings and Napier” should bo placed on them. N.Z. Associated Chambers of Commerce enclosed an invitation from the president of the Victoria (8.C.) Chamber of Commerce to members of New Zealand chambers to a confer-, once, organised by the National Council of Education, to be held in Victoria (8.C.) in April next. The chamber was asked if any members wt.e likely to be passing through Vancouver about that time, as it was desirable that New Zealand should be represented.—lt was decided to submit Mr. A. E. O’Meara’s name to the Associated Chambers. Mr. F. S. Budd said that, representi. g the Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce, he attended a meeting of the vocational guidance committee, which acted in an advisory capacity to parents and to pupils leaving school. As the holidays were approaching it was decided to defer activities until the schools reopened. A pamphlet, consisting of about 100 Flges, had been issued by the Education Department setting forth the various occupations giving information and the rates of pay, and it had r.n immense amount of useful information. He suggested that the secretary’s action in asking Mr. H. R. French to act on the committee for the chamber be approved and that the secretary procure a copy of the pamphlet. The suggestion wag adopted.