Associated Chambers of Commerce

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 276, 21 November 1936, Page 5

Associated Chambers of Commerce

NEW CONSTITUTION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Last Night. The motion to set up a committee to draft a new constitution for the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand was unanimously adopted at the annual meeting. The decision Is the outcome of a conflict between the Canterbury Chamber and the Dominion executive, and tho Canterbury Chamber, after expressing regret for the incident, expressed the view that the constitution of the Dominion body should be simplified. , The work of,-the committee is to be completed by Februaiyi2B,'^itffia special conference, to which the constitution will be submitted, was fixed not later than May 31. Mr. M_ C. McCaul (vice-president) said it was to be regretted that the finances of the association had decreased during the year. .It was important that businessmen should safeguard their interests, especially in the period of experimental legislation. Nothing could bo done without a war chest, New Officers Elected (Special to “Times.”) WELLINGTON, Last Night. Officers were elected at the annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce to-day as follows: —President, Mr. M. G. C. McCaul; vice-presi-dent-, Mr. A. G. Lunn; immediate past president, Mr. Norton Francis; South Island representatives on the executive, Messrs. C. B. Tapley (Invercargill), G. D. Yirtuo (South Canterbury), M. S. Myers (Duncdn), and V. E. Hamilton (Canterbury); North island representatives, Messrs. A. M. Seaman (Auckland), G. Eraser (Taranaki), and A. S. Burgess (Wanganui); Wellington members on the executive, Messrs. H. Anderson, F. 11. Bass, J. Halligan, D. «T. McGowan, J. C. Morrison, S. Paterson, and U. A. L. Treadwell. Mr. Francis was elected a vice-presi-dent of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of tho British Empire.