CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 6 May 1911, Page 6

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

:-'"■■'^L- i-V."'; ;!" i; . ■ 'A meeting of the Hawera; Chamber ttr Commerce was held dii Fro^ay afternoon. ' Present:.'^Messrs.. tl. L- .Barton (in the qhairj^ j|runette, F.S. Canning, : E... .By. Bates, Strack, Sargent,l and Conroy (secretary). ...... i: . RESIGNATION 'OF SECRETARY. The Secretary, stated that for. some time past; his business had claimed .so much -of his 'time thatWhe had been unable tb' give that attention to the work'bf the Chamber whicli he would have liked, and thougli">he ? regretted : it very much- he- -w&ttld"-have to ask them tQ ¥ accept,,his :r > esig ; na|^pn.. The President saiSihydiad always found Mr Conroy fully alive to the interests of , the Chamber, and he moved ffiat 'tlie resignation be accept-.; ed with regret and with thanks for past..-services. \ ~.,.;• ■.';..-.■.■.■ .. ■This was seconded by. Mr : Cann^pg, who endorsed what the ;chairman:, had £aid.; ■'■ " !"■ : ■ •". ( '.-;.- ;'■;!-■. -.;* ..: ; Severdl; other ■members' spoke' in toni'plimentaty ' terms df tKe Way ;'in wHfch Mr Conroy''liaol attended to his secretarial duties, and tfie r,hi6*lao^ was^ .then carxied. ~■ ';..'",' ~' .':"[■"„'., '„ . i i,:it, was decided'J.that M?; .Conroy' be appointed, a memher,.of Xhe, comnjittpe^ • After a igood deal of. discussipn'Mr; C.' Ballardj-ofiMr Confoy/s; office, ps,ap-' pointed^secretaryi. ■=. • V >;:> <,■i ;; ■.., ■■'■£; o THE^U^A^ER^II^Y (. ./ j ! ' The Mayor readr a telegram; which .he had deceived from? Mr G. ; V. :Pearcfe., M»PI, statingithat the Minister of J^u|)t lie Works was ;in New Plymouith $nd asking the Chamber-to appoint a deputation to' :%vvait; upon him withr .the iobject. of the^necessity for; constructing tl^e Opu'nake railway. TMr JPearce r,prpniiised r to' wire as' soon^as' th©/date> jjipo.nriW(hicb the -: Minister would :<xeceives the deputaiibh in Hawera had'been, arranged, h ''The President' said he^had. seeni-Mr Pearce sirice^ receivingv the .telegram at ■Patea.; This ■? was> on flrhursday.j:ands .he was still-iihaware of the:movements. >6f Ministerj |tw'ho^ according to.the pub-. lie prints; would be in* Hawera on:.-'Mori-d!ay. In^the'ciii<3iimstaMeg^there wasno time[tolose a'ndhe'thoughtUt onlyvright, atod proper* that the Chamber i should! lake some part(r in th^!mPvement. r'for ;a, i*ailway? ;>-Mr;Pearce had a'-plan prepared, p¥tth'e; position of all fthe; dairy factories north and south"1 of thej tailway reserve,, and he'^as prepared %o shoi*; the1 amount. of ;prbdiice fCarried by all'those lines south' of tne':reserve'; 'Mr Peiarce stated ftial all; those, ifaleferies'with^ one excejplipn sbtith ,bf/ the 1 reserve' sMp^ed their, stuff and! coF %lips& on< the north '!side a with Patea.,' Mr Pearce haS promised to forward ia; Of i!the/ stetement^he -was prepared tq make to;the MmisterC; It wa§'-a ques-, tioii; wlietfer l they lirge' that>:the, trancfi ;line I'function i- with -the; ifi&in line l at -Hawfera; o^ NormaMby/? but ( the jatter" was fapidlyibecdmirig;^-:patt. 'W: H^&a'and:Se'h&d sufficient;faith in 'thVf utur^ to belifeve f Katf |;lie' two"^lkces y?ps&' lfW .''; be 'unitM'-' fn sa ;: great^r->^Ha r .' Tfi^ra. \ ;,:He!'would; suggest ! th:ey^ink. yiiiy:'i|6cal; feeling aiiatiibin' f Kdnds^ivith Nb^nfanby 'in Having the - , Mere: ; c;He urged1 thatt t^ !^oleT^MtferJ tfe apSi^^ont?i^y%bl^icial" i4eUii§ "^hat, th^ $ rx>m the {point' of&iew''«fsoien^nolS of] • ■ !l;3ifrv;^a^^^a^v.th^;<EJh^if mln^had i t<) •;;tEa^.' 'by; faking; the Railway'^'Norm^nb^ , ipuich l. I less :than ; if! it vspasr; ?tatken l :■:s(>; ?^ shg t fuMer'!JaOi-th,the, '[map v^as 4 -^takeii; .^the 1 1;':ffic^:--; pfeeip:i^. di&-[ v^ra^e, H^ -that pyp^aoe'fitoni the; CToll ■:^ Company 'alone '^puM^ipay two-thirds «f^^he interest" on '■■ iie^ railway;; ;!& di^'i^t tMnk rit! niat- ■ jtered,whether l^it ]tfnßtibii^'at Te'Rpti or l^orihahßy, But if the line' wa^': taken Stratford thY stuff s^uM still have to; go'^; Patea, vwliigh wOtild. nieatt he^er ichatges1 tliail, if 'the: Ifne iunc|ipned at jeither, of the' two .places meitib^edV Tlien' ; a.great deal'pf^ealous^ aiid if ■ ;T^ould ho'ii |p6k so'lbp^sided on! the t^art' i-jq^^Hawera'lifthey R'otias '":•.^elt^a's^■N^manby.l' l| '. 'V,-I.';.'.''/-'-"1 'V:;j-'' V''iMr.Cbnroy said the Chuiitib^er had'hey-^ ef suggested.:Hawfera 'as tlie tertriinus." The- President' mentibnM that ' tlie' "arguinenti' bf those : who 'reopmmendi!^3 Stratfo¥d; 'as* the ' place -of ■ junc'tibn'gave^as" the principal reiasonthat the . : TBikfrs: pipftibtf of the.: produce' went to 'New1 Plymoiltn, ;'aiib! ?if' Mo 1' Pearce was !tible' tb^p^roVe otherwise then^fhey had; a itiibhg case tb^put* before-the Minister. Mr■Strabk fithbtight''they'should;hot at this STtiage insist bri'.ahy^ particular route, but he was'plda'sed'that Mi* Barton had emphasised .the limportance !of jthe devia!tiqn to the; south.'whion would enable the : railway to serve more< farmer;s tjhan if it were:taken by any other.route;'.,ii; * ; h - iMf^ Brunette i said that;what they aimed.at was<a means for relieving the; rpads and the direction the railway, tookv;,was ;ohly of'isecondary importance. . ■ Route 'should not be;mentioned"and should be • left -'in the hands-of the-Government. Mr Canning addressed'the ■■. Chamber ;at sotne'lengthj >and reTiewed some remarks' made to a deputation ; :> whjch waited on ithe SonijHall-JAnes in? con-; • nection -with the orailway ! jsome five yfear-s agov irhe ■deputatipn-jhad- been given to understatid thaf^as .s<ppn a« the Nortb Island: -Main Tiiink line ; was completed the ©punake Jine, ,wou)d ,be 1 one of the' first jtoihevrtaken: in hand. ■'- Hie did not. think^they ishoujd'try ;and 'coerce the Minister on the question; of ' touted but; he-did think .! they , should place the information \to ,be.^ supplied by MtsPearce in favor, of FNpEmanby before him. .1.-i.- .1-. i-'.'.;-.r--u t'-^-b ..'■ - ■-:-..-.";V V -.. ; f i The.Chairman said there.;w.as s^ch a thing, as ibeing^too .^modest, ,-, ; Hawera ■was-a1: town of ;very great .importance, and they-.must, n0t..105e..-sight .pf that. He moved; thatifa;deputation,^be ajh . -pointedi to; .wait .nipon, the ]Mt.inist,er, of Public Works on tne.-.OQcasip^ii o^.his ?-approaching, visit to; Hawer : a,,,jand L i_ deputation, urge the fi ,wisd9pi .of ') making- a:;deviaticin.-f,rom; ! .t^e. reserve iilaid* down.SO years;-ago',ifor-. ( the.. f ' r '(spu^ • nake^railway^ soithat. th^e,;railway^ may ■iijunction.t,withr,the..N.ew Plymouth [line i at' Normanby. .<-, This .Wjajs, seconded .and carried^-- >.;; ~ <-' -.: ~• /i>V.^-^ ,- ; , -',X' ' ( ; ....,.!£ wSjS further resplyed that, the de| consist bf;those-•members of : the', the meeting, ~;svith,' power to' ad'd'*tb their 'nuitiber,, .and that the speakers be Messrs G. V. Pearce, M.P., and E/'L'.'Bartonv President. ;■ :'-;'ra|;pj& AND-c^rrLE^ yards. ; TJhe,i Sejjretapjr sai|^^hat./10.0-vresi-r;den^s near ,the.jraiiway;,.station yards wished to present 4 & pptitijOn thrbttgh -, the,-, Chamber; tp.ihe, Slpaiister: praying a for the., removal of "and cattle yards from the present" site. '.'"'J' ,- : . *, Mr, Baker said that scftne people were too ready to,, ask I^he^Government to r spend, money. The yard's Were now in a position here suited to the farmer, and if they were offensive to..,resideiits .people lived in the locality of'their own free, willj and were under no obligation ...to go there.,- ; ..'.,. C. ..._ Mr ,Cbnfoy . said the smell AyaLs sometimes very' offensive,, and", the, Minister had previously.' agreed to.' ha\7e the* yards : removed to another place quit© as suitable to their: purposes. ,;■ Mr, Canning -pomted ; o\it that condiUtipns. had greatly changed since ..{he. yards were first erected. " Tlien'tiiere was not a pig in the "district, and there were comparatively few cattle. The condition of the yards was sometimes quite disgusting, and he thought

the people of Hawera, should be considered.1 ' ' ■■'.■■:. It was decided,, .on the motion of Cr Brunette, secbnde'd by Mr Canning, that the deputation to the Minister present,the'petition;. . : ■'■ : - The question of a 'public reception^;;to Majpr-General Godley, Commandant of the Force's, on/the occasion of his visit -to Hawera on th^ 25th:,inst.,'was held over for consideration at a meeting to be held later. '•"■•'■■-''v." ■ ■