ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23044, 21 November 1936, Page 14

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS

A NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFTING COMMITTEE APPOINTED (Per United Press Association) WELLINGTON, Nov. 20. A 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 aconflict between the Canterbury Chamber and the Dominion Executive, and the 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 February 28, and a special conference, to which the constitution will be submitted, was fixed for not later than May 31. Following Mr Norton Francis’s address. Mr M. G. M’Caul (vice-presi-dent) 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 a period of experimental legislation. Nothing could' be done without a war GREATER PUBLICITY URGED The need for adequate publicity for the views of business men on the social and economic questions of the day was emphasised when the question of establishing a suitable journal for the Associated Chambers was discussed. It was generally considered that the organisation could not meet the cost of a journal at present, but that the amount of publicity through the press should be increased. OFFICE-BEARERS ELECTED Office-bearers were elected as follows:—President, Mr M. G. C. M’Caul: vice-president, Mr A. o. Lunn; South Island representatives on the executive—Messrs C. G. Tapley (Invercargill), G. D Virtue (South Canterbury), M. S. Myers (Dunedin), V. E. Hamilton (Canterbury): North Island representatives—Messrs A, M. Seaman (Auckland), G. Fraser (Taranaki), and A. S. Burgess (Wanganui); Wellington members on the executive— Messrs H. Anderson. F. H. Bass. J. Halligan. D. J. M’Gowan. J. C. Morrison. S. Paterson, and C. A. L. Treadwell. Mr Francis was elected a vice-pre-sident of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire.