CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Matamata Record, Volume VIII, Issue 640, 18 June 1925, Page 1

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

THE ANNUAL. MEETING. Business and Harmony. There was an exceptionally good attendance of members at the ordinary and annual meetings of the Matamata Chamber of Commerce held on Monday night, there being present: Messrs. B. C. Taylor (president), M. F. Lamb (secretary), J. Cummings, T. R. Davies, C. E. Barry, F. Hitchcock, W. Ruthfe, T. S. E. Sloane, W. Emslie, H. J. Buckley, G. G. Bell, E. C. Young, F. L. S. Ryan, W. Halligan, W. C. Coote, G. A. Smith, W. J. Stanley, A. E Wrigley and T. E. McMillan. Messrs. E. C. Young, C. G. Sharp and F. L. S. Ryan were elected members. SHOPS AND OFFICES ACT. From correspondence received from various quarters, it appeared impossible to have the shops and offices hours altered until the Act be amended.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The past president proposed that Mr. T. R. Davies be president. The office of chairman should go round. Mr. Davies declined, stating that Mr. Taylor had filled the position remarkably well, and should retain it. Mr. G. G. Bell endorsed. The point was not that the chair should go round, but that .the best man should fill it. He considered it would be in the best interests of Matamata that Mr. Taylor be re-elected. Mr. Coo.te supported, saying; that in Matamata the president of an organisation usually held office for two years. On Mr. Davies’ motion, Mr. Taylor was re-elected president. Vice-presidents, Messrs. T. R. Davies and J. E. Cummings; secretary and treasurer, Mr. M. F. Lamb; (re-elected); executive committee, Messrs. W. C. Coote, T. S. E. Sloane, C. E. Barry, Steve Stockdale, W. Halligan; auditor, Mr. F. Flower. - , After the reading of the annual report (published: under • separate heading) the members retired for harmony . The balance-sheet showed a credit of £l4 11s 7d. With very few exceptions, the members had all paid their annual subscriptions, which was a very gratifying feature of the financial statement.