BUSINESS PARLIAMENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 793, 14 October 1929, Page 11

BUSINESS PARLIAMENT

fOMMERCIAL MEN MEET L IN CONFERENCE WELCOME BY THE MAYOR -We regard this conference as Parliament of the business community and we will lay before the Government the considered 'pinions of the delegates,” said C P- Agar, acting-president f the Associated Chambers of Commerce at the opening of the L?„ ua | conference in the Council chamber at the Town Hall this morning. Th e conference was officially ■ined by the Minister of Industries ' , commerce, tlie Hon. J. G. Cobbe. 3 ln repltrins to the Minister Mr. Jar said he regretted that the ties f office and the disability of illh’Llth had kept Sir Joseph Ward from the conference, but he «ked Mr. Cobbe to convey to the £L me Minister the hope of the conference that he would soon be restored to health. Welcoming the delegates on behalf f the City, the Mayor, Mr. G. Baildon, ,id he regarded the conferences as having a very beneficial effect on business throughout the Dominion. A U ite a number of members of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce ’ re local-body representatives and hv the interchange of ideas local authorities and business men received mutual benefit. Touching briefly on unemployment, Mr Baildon hoped that some form of land settlement scheme might be evolved that would largely solve the problem. Concluding, the Mayor wished the delegates a happy stay in the city. In returning thanks Mr. Agar remarked on the appearance of solidarity which characterised Auckland today. He referred to the growth of the city and to the spirit of civic pride shown by its citizens. ' OFFICIAL JOURNAL

SUGGESTION FROM AUCKLAND Auckland is the only Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand which publishes its own monthly journal and it was suggested this morning by Mr. 11. T. Merritt that this journal be made the official organ of the Associated Chambers of Commerce for the Dominion. The report of the executive drew attention to the suggestion that the ■New Zealand Shipping Gazette” should be» adopted as the official journal of the association, the name being altered to the “New Zealand Shipping and Commercial Gazette." ' Mr. Merritt said that an official journal was highly desirable. He pointed out that the Auckland Chamber published the only journal of its kind in the Dominion and the members were very proud of it. He suggested that a committee be set up to consider the suggestion to make the Auckland journal the official journal of the association in New Zealand. The committee will meet today and give its finding at the conference tomorrow.

' SEEING THE SIGHTS

DELEGATES ENTERTAINED The delegates to the annual conference of the Associated. Chambers of Commerce are seeing as much of Auckland as possible since their arrival on Friday and Saturday. On Saturday evening they were the guests of the Auckland Chamber at the Majestic Theatre where "Masquerade" was tilmed. Yesterday afternoon numbers of private car owners took the visitors for runs through the country. At 4 o'clock they all met at Drury for afternoon tea before returning to the city.