CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 14101, 29 April 1919, Page 7

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MEETING or COUNCIL. A meeting of the council of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. Present: Messrs L. H. Collinson (chairman), M. A. Elliott. H. L. Young, N. Blackmore, W. F. Durward, E. H. Crabb, C. E. Beattie and Capt. Precce. A letter was received from the District Railways Engineer stating that no definite scheme had yet been arrived at with regard to the Palmerston North station alterations.I—lt 1 —It was decided to leave the matter in abeyance in the meantime.

The Good Hoads Association of New Zealand wrote stating it was suggesting the Victorian Country Roads Act as a basis for New Zealand legislation, and that the provisions of that Act were on the lines suggested by the resolution on the matter recently passed by the Chamber. They proposed to address the Counties Conference in Wellington, and hoped to got co-operation, as the association intended to bring its proposals before Parliament early next session. They were anxious to secure a united demand to the Government to take action, fearing that conflicting opinions on the subject would make an excuse for the Government to shelve the question.—Letters sujjporting the chamber ’» resolution were received from several local bodies to whom it had been communicated. —It was decided to leave the matter until more replies to the chamber’s circular on the matter hud been received.