CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 13

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MEETING OF COUNCIL. The Council of the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce met last night. Present—Messrs F. S. Shrimpton (president), G. H. Andrews, W. I. Tait, H. Lowry, A. P. Greenfield, G. D. Virtue, J. Anstey, J. M. Jenkins, P. B. Foote, and W. H. Orbell. RELAY STATIONS. Mr A. R. Harris, in acknowledging a letter from the Chamber, advised that the Directors of the Radio Broadcasting Co., recognising the necessity of relay stations to provide an efficient broadcasting service to the Dominion, in the early part of the year submitted to the Postmaster-General a scheme including a relay station at Timaru to be connected by land line to the Christchurch and Dunedin stations for the relay of a broadcast service not only from Christchurch and Dunedin, but from Timaru when occasion warranted. They had now received a reply that the matter was to be held over for the Dresent. The letter was received. PARCELS OFFICE. Advice was received from the Poet and Telegraph Department that the parcels office, along with the other departments, would in future open at 8.30 a.m. CONTINUOUS TELEPHONE SERVICE. The Chief-Postmaster, Timaru (Mr C. R. Ingram), wrote advising that telephone subscribers at Timaru now had continuous communication with Wellington and the greater part of the North Island, including Auckland. WHEAT INDUSTRY. The secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce forwarded a circular received from the Wheat Industry Committee, and asked the Chamber to communicate direct with the Clerk of the Committee should it desire to tender evidence. The chairman said that the Committee had already commenced to take evidence, and as the Christchurch people were so thoroughly organised, he did not think it would be advisable to step in. It was decided to thank the Committee for its Invitation. 1928 COMMITTEE. The secretary reported that, as directed by the Council, he had convened a public meeting, which was held on August 5, to consider the formation of a sub-branch of the 1928 Committee. The president of the Chamber presided over an attendance of about twenty, and Messrs H. S. E. Turner, A. F. Wright and C. P. Agar, members of the Canterbury branch, addressed the meeting. It was decided to form a South Canterbury sub-branch, and the following were elected as an executive with power to add to their number: — Messrs F. S. Shrimpton, A. P. Greenfield, J. Cleland, J. Todd, J. W. Adams, and J. Meehan. The secretary intimated that Mr Cleland desired to withdraw from the Committee. ANNUAL CONFERENCE. The secretary of the Associated Chambers of Commerce advised that the annual conference would be held in Auckland on October 10 and 15, and asked that any remits the Chamber had to bring forward for discussion, should be forwarded by August 20. The president was appointed to represent the Chamber at the conference GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS. The special committee set up to consider the letter of the Te Awamutu Chamber with regard to the duplication of Government regulations and inspections, reported that it had been decided to obtain expressions of opinion from representative business people, and, with this in view, a letter, setting out the substance of the matter, had been sent to twenty-five firms and companies, with a request that they furnish particulars of duplication or unnecessary returns, etc., and stating I that members of the committee would be pleased to discuss the subject personally if desired. The only suggestion received and considered by the committee was in relation to the monthly return of wholesale prices of agricultural produce. This return was required to be furnished by every merchant, and it was submitted that one return compiled by the secretary of the Grain and Produce Merchants’ Association in each centre should be sufficient. On the broad question of company returns and factory inspections, the Committee had no recommendations to make. The report was adopted. ( PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. The Publicity Committee reported 1 that the West End Association had decided to affiliate with the Chamber, and formal nomination for membership would be made to the Council. Mi E. Howden and Mr H. Mayo had been appointed to represent the Association on the Publicity and Progress Committee, the membership of which had now grown to eleven, and included direct active representation of the Timaru Borough Council, the North End Association, the Caroline Bay Association and the West End Association. Arrangements for the membership drive referred to at the last meeting of the Council had been finalised, and would be carried out within the next three weeks. The report was adopted.