CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Waikato Independent, Volume XXIX, Issue 3103, 27 June 1929, Page 5

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

.-* #■ "^iUilf> the GhaxnK&ni> b**€Pmi*eree >wa& hold ■ i»jtbe:pjM?*s ' ■ ' Board'* 6&«es HUrMames, H. H, MeCathie,* H; J. ■jbury, V. G. Boufton, arid the-. Secroabsence rom%es&s:; S. iinsou' and A. K Ma*ky> »' KV**-" Councils riMrt^ The, Council of ilfe;CWriber reported : l : iba?' Biriee'''^e ; "aa^at' 1 ' toeVtiiig; the .'■■•;• Cbuncit have' ineWtegularly., Dtiring March it was decided that the Chamber, i' shorild cenimittee to further "'the interests the Citizens' ' Cjucen "at tie receflt Carnival; arid 'as a result 5293 Was raised, /panics were due to ' the 'executive fo* ■■ thei*' wprjc. £be ... Council were pleased' that the I*, and '' J3J, Department had placed a poStirig box, ! »t buildings, aiid it' had - proved a booA to "business :#eb|ile and • •■,!'• tesidents ii the north of the Borough, fe It w>M#ped that thVChWber would at the conference of H^v^e>li^ambiers ; tb : b«i' held arAtiek- - Mnmittee had considered the question of Hrstamp duties on cheques and receipts, fpfjafa isofopinion that the" Government V*houldbe urged to redtrce the stamp • : f duties. Several members of executive are also. arixious_ tV> ascertain ■: if 5 at "all possible to improve the local service. -'■>■;•'■■'. ; Pwrvjncial Conference, v. « ' ■Z[ Correspondence- Was,'.iefceived from ■: Auckland Chamber -advising, that i the first proviricial conf,Br ? ne(s ,.^? u^, ;;feeheld at Auckland %n July and ?■aitsh, and\represerital;ion from the local . Chamber was requested. ~ ; v .. 1 -•:!>' It.was^' ;; 're's,o|yed ; that Mr. Richards, Vbe the Chamber to the.con-■:•"-'.■'.-.fererie'e.'. • • -,','.■■'.'■. . -.. ..'. ';-,•;.-V > ~ Local Telephone Service. A / - ' '; TJheKicsident mentioned that .the (Mr. J. C. Allan)\-was ,; present '..;: yiously *e^;;ittenti9^ 4 rt i t|is.^jßPeii' , 8 ii the at.the ©xchang^Vras/'obsolete. r) .-. ,: •, The said, that tfre lines k 'being improved with fthe laying of eable lines where possible, a,n<r ■pbe considered this as preliminary work Lto the installation^^Usome. future date, moje/ in the, •A; ; &%nge^ '■■•&&? concerned,, T to ,do f their : Xbest wiiti five in bperation. The ■0 existing System 7?as a, little bit .cumberbut it was hot out-of-date so far as a small exchange was concerned. Mr. Mentioned that the number of ;i r ; exchange had been . -,added }o, and the transfer system im- ' -proved. ~■..'.. ...' .:.'' ~ i i'\i • ' Tto?-tabje.;,,. ~' Munns): V ' ireported; bja the new^tuno- table nowinj. .Cambridge people now had; four, trains that made connection withj *t Attokjlarid at, 2.83, 3JLI from Cam- -} jrt ;Auckland ■. at ?.40 ;: and thei fxpm Cambridge at ll r js. .;^The; .' ;goods service wa» also, a ;-satisfactory- :' '', '•one,;--;- Vi'M-'-: - ■'■'. : *' •.' <>'■■ .'■■'' ; - ''•■'- "■ .' \ '\\ ..., Universal Half-Holiday. ; ~.. ;■ , • ''■' '-Mr,,|£eC^^^ - made by Ats*oe*»ted Chambers! V. I,ji■:u^iversatJaalf-holiday., ,/ . ,t; , ■ C%y There was a" general pn; "^^ffie-matter, and it was the consensus |;-v-,^of i ,-"Opinibii' that if small towns would; protect 1 tnemrfelves against,larger cenV on the ; : v i *&& shut ■ oif the day.. ■'"'-- It "was" felt that-a tiriiversal half-hpMtl ft y ; a solution of vexed question. •£>. Tfemitrthat ,? wiir be B"fought before the proviheiai '. ' Th^-Chajrmari^sald'lhe'tax of twol*n cheqtier' and i'eeeipts was a ■.v:-^.wa ; r ''.•iStfiisiit*,'* and 'it was ' high time that ■■t^ J iritH :,i 'w»lir'- reduced. / , >' : : } : ;:\ : The*iftreiiid(Biit^'^'entafks' s 'were'< '■'"■;■ ported % thp'mfeetiiig. :';"' : ';' '•'"■ •'•';• '■''■■■.'i ; '^erestinl I ';rbuiwt-table, chat :^fowed7^ite v " '■''•'•'■.■•■''itf ! that^for heavy^haulage/ on forig distanced, the railway' r wasi' the best -■; ttfediurit' :6f ; transport; but on Vhe other 'f /hand 'ntotor'; passenger. 'transport •; had v^(B^fe^*yie^' T was expre'ised« i that where lines hot the number passenger trains should" be cut down , %oods •■;.'vJhranspprti' ','. r '.'- .. , -V- ; .'■:■-•• ;■ It W(wßalßoi?lthpiigh.t that on short llbiosl the one-nian-;motor-f ail cars would ' ineet the; detoand and be" inore econoriii-