ONEHUNGA INTERESTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19125, 17 September 1925, Page 10

ONEHUNGA INTERESTS.

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. CARNIVAL NEXT MARCH. A meeting of the Onehunga-Manukau Chamber of Commerce was held last evening, the president, Mr; H. J. Davies, presiding. The annual meeting having decided to hold the usual carnival during the coming summer, the chairman said it would' be advisable to avoid clashing with the general election. On his motion it was decided to postpone the date until the first, week in March. Correspondence was read concerning the request that the Onehunga Post Office should be kept open till 8 p.m., for the receipt and despatch of telegrams, the department considering the business would not warrant the extra expense. It was stated that facilities already existed for despatching telegrams by telephone after hours. The meeting decided to ask for a mail to close iu Onehunga on Sunday evenings, in time to connect with the Main Trunk mail, the latest opportunity at present being on Saturday afternoon at the various pillar-boxes, and at 4.40 at the Onehunga Post Office. Mention was also made of the' inconvenience caused through not showing at what hour mails would close at Onehunga for overseas steamers. Mr. F. Milne referred to the danger incurred through motor-buses stopping suddenly, as they were so constructed that the driver could not signal to traffic following behind, in the way that private motorists were able to warn an ing vehicle. Mr. W. C. Coldicutt agreed that there was a constant risk of danger from buses, and also from tramcars, especially now that they stopped at unexpected places, for the convenience of passengers, and it was decided to invite the Borough Council to regulate the traffic. Mr. W. R. Knight, organiser for the Mannkau District Court at the Winter Exhibition, reported on the success of the exhibit, and expressed his regret that there was no competition. A vole of thanks was accorded a large number, of business firms and private citizens who had assisted with donations, also to Mr. Knight for his work as organiser. Attention was drawn to the uninviting condition of the approach to Onehunga from the wharf, and in view of the early completion of the structure, which would be fully in keeping with the concrete road from Onehunga to the city: it was decided to request the Bordugh Council to seek the co-operation of the Harbour Board and .the Railway Department, in improving the, locality, It was pointed otit the matter was also largely in the hands of adjoining property-owners, and they would no doubt improve their premises if they knew it was part df a concerted scheme to beautify the wharf approach. Mention was made of the neglected state of the cemetery in Queen Street, and 'the committee will confer with the church authorities with a view to improving the area." V'" . :

It was decided to supdbrt the Borough Council in its propositi to remove "the Seddon Memorial statue.