CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2067, 15 January 1925, Page 5

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MONTHLY MEETING. The monthly meeting of the Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce was held in the Municipal Chambers on Tuesday evening, there being present Messrs W. -J. Broadfoot (chairman), A. P. Gray, A. Stubbings, .1. Walsh, J. A. Hamlin, Ross, P. Caley, I. R. Graham, P. Craig, A. E. Magon, J. N. Boddie. .). E. Walker, W. Hitchcock. J. W. West, W. Tinkler, J. Henderson: J. Dooley, S. Hogan, R. Ormsby, E. Guthrie.

Tho chairman stated that it was not the duty of the Chamber to take any further action in regard to the half-holiday question. The Chamber had provided certain facts which would speak for themselves, and it was now a matter for the business people to decide whether there would be any change. Mr Gray spoke in a similar strain.

A letter Avas received from '.he Minister of "Internal Affairs stating that nu decision had yet been arrived at concerning the liberation of opossums. A letter was received from the secretary of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society stating thai the society had recommended to the Minister the liberation of opossums. ■-■ Received.

The chairman reported that the Scenic Reservation Committee was making inquiries in regard to the new caves that had been discovered in the district. DAIRY FACTORY. The chairman stated that he had been approached with a view of establishing a dairy factory iff the town. If a guarantee of 200 cows could be obtained, the undertaking would be gone on with. The factory would be a co-operative one, and need not be confined to farmers, and any business man could put money in it if he desired to do so. Mr Ross asked whether tho A. and P. Association could not assist in this matter. Mr Dooley stated that it was a matter quite outside the province of the association, and they could not look for assistance from that source. The chairman stated that the matter of a dairy factory for the district was well worth following up. Several hundred tons of butter-fat passed through the town every year, and it was time that something was done to have a factory in the town. After further discussion it was decided to set up a sub-committee to go into the .matter and report to the next meeting. Mr Ross stated that on Saturday afternoon he had been asked by a motoring party from Palmerston North where lo obtain a cup of tea on their way through the town, and he had been unable to direct them, as there was no place open. The result had been that members of the party had to go away without refreshments after a long journey, giving a very bad impression of the town. The chairman said that he had heard many complaints on the same matter, and many tourists were getting a very bad impression of Te Kuiti. If there was not sufficient enterprise in Te Kuiti to cater for the increasing tourist traffic, then they would lose what would in time develop into one of its biggest assets. After some further discussion, in which the speakers endorsed the remarks of the chairman, the matter was dropped, it being felt that the Chamber could not do anything in the matter.

The following new members were elected: Messrs Leith, Thomas, Skipton, Thomasen, and Wishart.'