GOVERNMENT POLICY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22402, 24 April 1936, Page 16

GOVERNMENT POLICY

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS ATTITUDE DEFINED The attitude of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand to all measures sponsored by the Government was defined in a letter received by the council of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The Associated Chambers advised that at a. recent meeting of its executive in Wellington correspondence had been read from a member of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce .advocating the re-establishment, by a publicity campaign, of the confidence of the public in private enterprise to prevent the country becoming rationalised by the Government. After a full discussion, the letter added, the following resolution had been passed:—That the policy of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, in regard to all Government measures which are brought down, shall be to offer such helpful criticism as it can, avoiding; purely destructive criticism, with the objectof assisting the Government to obtain all legitimate objectives with as little dislocation to the commercial community as possible, and avoiding injury to the public welfare. The secretary to the Auckland Chamber, Dr. E. P. Neale, advised that he had replied directing the attention of the Associated Chambers to the report emanating from the Poverty Bay and Northern Hawke's Bay districts that some of the local authorities were advocating the establishment of a State sawmill in that area. It was suggested that this development was one which called for some vigilance on the part of the Associated Chambers. The letter from the Associated Chambers was received and Dr. Neale's reply approved.