WANGANUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 85, Issue 231, 1 October 1941, Page 7

WANGANUI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

PAST YEAR'S ACTIVITY KEMEWED BY ANNUAL REPORT. The past year's activity is reviewed in the report ot the Wanganui Chamber of Commerce, which will be presented at the annual meeting on Monday, next. The report states: “It is worthy of record that the Chamber of Commerce examinations conducted last November at the Wanganui Technical College, by co-opera-tion of the director and staff of the college, were an unqualified success, the entries constituting a record. The results were eminently satisfactory and the students who participated deserve the congratulations which they received on the public presentation of certificates made by the president anti the Mayor. Altogether 65 awards were made and there cannot be any doubt but that the recipients will find the value of these awards when they enter the business and professional careers for which they are studying. In (his connection Wanganui was eon- ( gratulated by the Wellington Cham- , ber of Commerce (whe conduit the . examinations) for the record number 1 of entries received and the satisfac- ] tory manner in which the local ex- j amination was conducted. Thanks | are given to the principals of the Col-! j legiate School. Girls’ College. Sacred Heart Convent and the Wanganui I Technical College for co-operation. ’ i The report also thanks the supervisors of the examinations. Parapara Road. -During the year the chamber; made representations to the Minister t of Public Works regarding the neces- < sity of keeping the Parapara Road ;n i a good state of repair. “In recent 1 years a large amount of money lias i been spent on regrading the road and 1 removing dangerous bends with the ; result that a very noticeable improvement has been made.” the Chamber's report says. ’’But the executive feels strongly that unless adequate maintenance work is carried out the road will soon deteriorate. Lately we have noted that at various places potholes . have developed and have been allowed to extend, and repair work will be expensive the longer they are left. | There are several places on the road j which are -till dangerous particularly at To.id's corner just past Makirikir: and we are in communication with the authorities with the object of hating some necessary work done at these spots." Finance. Regarding finance the report says that al the end of the financial year the whole of the membership subscriptions had heen paid with the exception of two, one of which has since