CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATES.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 9779, 12 January 1901, Page 2

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATES.

; BYTELEGBAFH. ' i - CiraisTCHOßcn, January 11, y The Chambers of Commerce Conference resolved to day to recommend that r I provision be made in the constitution of . .^ • the federated Chambers of Commerw - v i to" enable the federal chamber to ap* point an arbitrator in any business ■. dispute on the application of one party x . '' i interested.- ' , - A resolution was pgssed expressing - :; , a hope that the Government wlll.not In ■ future.effeot a reductions remission i Customs duties without, say, six months' w. notico being given. It was resolved to . represent to' tho; .' - Postmaster-General 'the; convenience to' as the publio oE telephone;> wires: being? open . sometimes during , the . night between the principal .towns of the 1 North 1 > and South Island. It was decided to ask the executive'';

■ ton to, arrange a uniform scale of cornmissioa charges for the colony. , It wag resolved to urgo upon "ili6 : Minister for Railways the necessity for an. early acceleration of speed on the branch lines, • - It was resolved to call the attention of the Government to the loss of time entailed upon steamship owners by the present system of medical inspection, and to. urge the adoption of a system .Avhereliy inspection w6uld ho made imporativb promptly upon a vessel's ■ arrival. . ■ The business of the Conference was . concluded by the luncheon adjournment. various votes of thanks were passed. The delegates will bo entertaiuod at supper to-night. .