CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 25302, 12 August 1943, Page 6

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

The annual meeting of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce was held last night, the president (Mr C. E. Begg) occupying the chair. There was a large attendance of members and visitors. Scope for Wider Functions Moving the adoption of the annual report and balance sheet, the chairman said, he would like to see the chamber extending its work and giving more help and advice to members. He believed that a strengthened chamber could co-ordi-nate more than it did at present the activities of certain ot/her Dunedin organisations, and he thought It should extend its work in the interests of importers, secondary industries, and manufacturers and farmers. Mr Begg reviewed many aspects of the chamber’s work during the year, and discusssed the future of New Zealand from the points of view of national security, export and import policies, population, rehabilitation, and State control. • The motion was seconded by Mr J. B. Stewart and carried. The following office-bearers were elected:—President, Mr J. B. Stewart, vice-president, Mr A. P. G.reenfield; vacancies on council —Messrs J. J. Hall, H. J. Grayson, H. I. Sinclair, A. C. Stephens, W. H. Naylor, R. A. Wilkie, and J. F. Poole; auditors, Messrs Brodrick and Chalmer. The rules of the chamber were amended to allow for an increased rate of subscription and to remove certain anomalies which had existed for some years. The Mayor (Mr A. H. Allen), who congratulated the chamber on the wide scope of its activities, assured it of the City Council's support in all efforts to further the cause of Dunedin. He added that he had decided to convene a meeting in the near future of all interested bodies regarding the question of a city airport. “ Leadership in History ” “ Leadership in History ” was the subject of a scholarly address given by Dr A. H. McLintock, lecturer in history at the University of Otago. Dr McLintock analysed the attributes of the great leaders of the past and expounded the theories of different schools of thought on the question of leadership. The world, he said, must have enlightened leaders to save it from the ills which threatened society. To survive, democracy must produce leaders of proved character, and that depended on the standards of leadership which the people in the mass were prepared to accept. ”To secure those leaders,” he concluded, “ we must first set our own house in order and cherish those ideals which we deem worthy.” On the motion of Mr J. S. Skinner. Dr McLintock was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his interesting address.

ANNUAL MEETING