OFFICERS ELECTED

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVII, Issue 21504, 17 November 1939, Page 8

OFFICERS ELECTED

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE By Telegraph -Press Association ■WELLINGTON, November 16. At the concluding session to-day, the conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of New Zealand elected Mr W. S. Macgibbon (Canterbury) president and Mr G. Fraser (Taranaki) vice-president and decided that the next annual conference should be held at New Plymouth. Following is the personnel of the new executive—South Island: Messrs W. S. Macgibbon (Canterbury), E. E. Mair (Canterbury), C. L. Calvert (Dunedin), C. B. Tapley (Invercargill), and C. B. Marshall (South Canterbury) , Wellington, Captain S. Holm. Messrs A. R. Hislop, M. G. C. McCaul. R. H. Nimmo, Stronach Paterson, P. E. Pattrick and A. L. Wall; North Island- Messrs A. Fly (Auckland), A. M. Seaman (Auckland), G. Fraser (New Plymouth), and D. G. O'Toole (Wanganui). The following motion was carried by the conference:—“That having regard to the considerable and increasing hospital, medical and dental costs and to the need for minimising the causes of ill-health, the Government be asked to set up a competent tribunal to investigate and advise upon the suitable selection and preparation of soil paying due regard to obtaining the requisite mineral content and also upon the food values, water supplies, general living conditions and other factors materially affecting the general standard of health.” RENEWED INSULTS Incidents At Tientsin UiHieu Piess Association —By Electric Telegi aph -Copyright LONDON, November 15. The Shanghai correspondent of the New York “Times” states that the Japanese army in Tientsin evidently considers Britain’s decision to recall a majority of the armed forces in North China as a sign of weakness for Peiping despatches describe incidents in Tientsin with renewed insults to Britons. The Japanese sentries have • converted the blockade into a convenient racketeering project and are charging fees for passing all kinds of foods. New anti-British posters are appearing in Peiping urging the exclusion of the British from North China. It is announced in London that Britain does not intend to reduce her Shanghai garrison. Little Resistance Offered The Chungking correspondent of the “New York Times” says that the Japanese are in possession of the mouth of the Lungmun River, 50 miles west of Pakhoi. It is not known whether Pakhoi has fallen. More than 60 warships and transports in the vicinity landed troops under a naval and aerial barrage. It is stated that the Chinese offered no serious opposition in order to avoid unprofitable losses. However, they have strong defences inland athwart the lines of the Japanese advance. It is believed that the Japanese arc driving into Kwangsi Province to cut the trunk highway, the main artery of war supplies from Indo-China.