CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 14

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

DOMINION CONFERENCE GOVERNMENT IN BUSINESS [by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION'] TIMAKU, Thursday Several remits were discussed at the annual conference of. the Associated Chambers of Commerce to-day. Mr. A. Hislop (Wellington) moved: "That as the true function of a Government is to govern, this conference considers there should be less public intervention in and control of industry, trade and commerce. It is recognised that legislation may be required for curbing private activities that would bo harmful or contrary to the general interests of the community, but interference beyond that point is destructive to initiative, enterprise and selfreliance." The remit was carried unanimously. A remit was carried viewing with concern the Government's increasing acquirement of private land transport undertakings in New Zealand. The following Wellington remit was carried:—"(a) That all public holidays should be (1) national, (2) defined by Statute only, not by awards, and (3) observed on Mondays whenever possible, thus serving the best interests of employer and employee alike: (b) that tlie Banking Act should be immediately amended so as to remove Saints' days from the compulsory holidays provided bv that Act."