CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 5229, 22 November 1877, Page 3

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

The usual quarterly meeting of tbe mem-! bers df the Chamber of Commerce wae held yesterday afternoon at the Eoome of tbe. Chamber, Cashel street, for the election of; new members and general business. The Chair’ was qto«l?toA' by tha President, Mr John Anderson, and thjer'e ’ wefe present—; Messrs Jenkins, Netban,. Danoan, Ounningham; Melville, Cuff, Laurie, Turner, Palmer, ‘ Mqore.TogHs, Beratis, Henderson, Hargreaves, and Wright. ' -• EIiSOTIOK OW HKT7> MBMBBBO. The following gentlemen were unanimously elected new 'members: ! Messrs W. E. John- Bsaamont, W. D. Meases, and John Cameron. THB OHAIBUAN’S BEMABKB. The Chairman said that very little business of imports#oe had been done by the Committee' durlng tbe lait thne months. The Victorian Bill* of Sale Act had received their attention, but they felt that they could not dp' what they would 1 like to have done in the matter. They had to leave it lor thepresent. Since then,, the Secretary of the Victorian Chamber Md vrritten to the Obristohuroh Chamber, asking in what respsot Ur Foster considered the Act was faulty. That letter had been handed over to the: Doctor. 'They had also had some oommpnioation with the Anokiand and Wellington Chambers on the question of fraudulent debtors, but nodepision had beeri oometo.Tt had been suggested to him that it would be -an adywitage if; a box could bo fixed in connection with the Telegraph office, in which telegrams, could be placed outside of offiod’hours. He bad written to. the Mauager of Telegraphs, who had promised to carry out the euggestion, and the Motiving box; w* now s rjtody. He, had made inquiries ofthe; ! Colonial Treasurer, asking him) if the; Government intended'to do anything exhibits •to the Paris Exhibition,- but aa yet h|d reoeived no reply. In reference to the grain treffiolby rail, the ' Committee had been watohingthe proceedings ottheGovernnitot, and everything WasLbeing done that oonld|be done. Still, he, feared that the increase‘of trucks would hardly correspond with the increase of the grain traffic of the country .< It was, however, satisfactory to know that th® Government were taking such active stepf to attempt to meet the demand. ' , _ i ' . Mr rNathan would, liko to know if lie Com* mittee had endorsed the 'recommendations of the Oommiltee’s report on the Subjtot pf the Vidtoriau'Bill* of Sale Act. “; : P I The Chairman; replied in the ‘affirmative, and stated that ahopy of the report bad been forwarded to the Minister of Justice, replied that attention, wonld be given it. Nothing,' yet been done. I ■ d -i-.-d;_.i, _>' Mr Hargreaves remarked that the tariff on coal, at the present . tlme was of a very uu-. ■satisfaetoryi character. He, would • like! the 'Committee: to interpret the tariff. Fpr a certain distenoe XOd per mile was oharjged per truck for opal. Between Lyttelton fond Christchurch the minimum was not reached by mileagCi BDci the Government charged 12s 6d, in some instances '2ss. The Government had appsiently redaoed the prioo of loading. itom,6e 3d to 6s, biot in reality on a single truck TOs was charged for loading and 10s for unloading. Virtually, the tariff was’,a prohibitive one. He thpufht the Com* , deficit® tariff to the Government; ; For the same' 12s 6d per. truck, it could go A distance of l 5 miles. \ The Chamber should at oupp take the malter f |n hand, and suggest a remedy to as to ppt an ther feeling; that at present Axisted between the Government and the importers;' -~The-<maiiMm..A»lil' the Committee would bave -very great pleasure in doing whatever they could iu- the matter suggested by Mr HirgltollPi i ?he,igwnye ß i ? npa felt by grain merchants was similar to that felt By coal merchants: ‘ By a late Qaieite the tariff on grain had been-modified. Mr Turhersaid be had made inquiries, and found that the-rail way officials received their instructions from Wellington. Mr Lawson bad told him that the coal merchants had the matter in their own hands, as they need not put more than five tons into one truck—if they did it. was charged as two trucks. It was probable that in a few days the (whole matter would be altered. j The usual ..vote of thanks, concluded ‘the- ] •.. 7 ; " j Sedeniabt Pbbsuits '-jos never intended ue-to eit in a doubled up position, half our live*; and accordingly eh- revemgee hereeli upon those wbo.do so by infliotin* upon tham indi geetlon, debility, and very frequeaUy lumbagojuid kidney disease. , Persons whose avocatious keep them ■ indoors# behind desks and wpr£-tables, can. however, connteraot. ta i»■ great the m effects of such oonflnement bj toe uso ot DeptW* WotrE’s Bchxepam aeokatio Seabxrpa—[Anvy j