EMPIRE FIRST.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18481, 8 September 1925, Page 9

EMPIRE FIRST.

AND MIGRATION

fltfffEß OF COMMERCE.

iNNUA L MEETING.

meeting of the Canterrtmnber of Commerce was held *ST' Mr Machin presiding ** "targe attendance. The meeting JJ£kd b y a dmnerprjgldent's Address. $' *»nng ad °l )tio11 of the an " 'k*norfcana balance-sheet (pubiish«fc tbfl J ear ac * ' seen an ex ~ lW the Chamber was now r*2-oon of .more valuable assets i jjjf*fcr before, o talie*ed tf> at t°- dav was tno 0 )l ?5 ( 5» Britaan, unfortunately, able to 6ay tl3at Bhc SsSmonopoly of tho world's trado. -\ Aerefore more than ever ncceswi^ n tno i;amc s Pi r i t vnat by our forefathers. Warfcord to unemployment in SX he thought that the of the Chamber ought find a solution and that winter the Government **ataw embarked on the work of _jjtmiint on ttte Lvttelton line, "gfSfild greatly relieve tho situaon the subject of unemlfe desired to associate himj&tfce president of the Eni--SLS i»oci«Mon when that gentleit was his belief that ""jSTwPffc snould paid tra<3 ° &&*' Trade. n«iii*c6itly continued the spoaker, •jS. was the greatest banker in SMf Wi effort* she had her obligations and SXnbge of her income had JeJfcir in a different position towuw others he was concerned JSSrow margin of the trade &SlrN«w Zealand last year. A SgSibbut £4,000 000 in favour "*Sjrt» over imports was not a Jjftte god had some of our primSKtoPped in price the margin 'SRSfcen 'oonsUla-ably less. I^M ind' income from primary !S«6nld undoubtedly bo less in T& in consequence of which it tfuit we go back to an (ftofglainer living.

iic populate squaro i>. Last lai.ded in een stated >leasmablo Associated bated that y great to employed. r of tho t,on - r, e Chnsting well to i' in the m affected king their ir rates of * ahigher », however, wnpeciUo-i •• that came advent of tntries was the trade number of » of cotton arever, tho their own should, be se stockinof mutton Dominion, used the id a saving . With a i, he would nt provide companies «, so as to erence bell Japanese ). m America worth of ; £750,000 i Dominion £8,000,000 rted to the 000 worth, gement of -he Domin}na encourit in their od by Mr 1 without aland. "The Canerce," Mr Association Commerce, on its' acibtedly the the Dominagreement irks ho had in, he was which had ither counmanner. k of town and that it interests of [e wa not his views, Tort should that New Lhd finished irists who iver got to "tainly had and in this ; fact that Press Conations, not h Island, past there lai interest ohurch, but not be the lin had no I would reip Wellinga by Mr H. is. >rton Franociations." «o Chamber siations for iven it in before it. lon had ret was now bodies that before, and a list of c h, and was * column.)

surprised to find that there were at least *OO ditcurent ciassmcations or businesses accounted tor. Such being tne case, it was disappointing to nud that tho memberbhip or the OUamber was only about 3uo. It was cicar, therefore, that the membership of the Association wouitl nave to do increased if UUristchurch was to got the benent Urom that organisation that it needed.

Secondary Industries. Responding, Mr C. M. OMvier, president ot the Canterbury Employers' Association, said that ho noticed that the iuune of tho federation of Labour had not been coupled with the toast, because there never was a time when co-operation was moro necessary to tne community, „'\, . Be made an appeal for the development of the secondary industries of the Dominion, siting that unless they were encouraged it was his opinion that the standard of lmng must go down. He believed that New Zealand should import what it couUi not make itself, but that it should u?P°rt» all from Britain. It was a pity .that S. much monoy from the Dominion went to Australia for purchases or coal, as Australia had nothing, m common with the Dominion, which had nothing to gain by reciprocity with Jhe As an instance of thfs he mentioned that on a recent trip to Australia the only New Zealand news item he had-read in the papers Sere was a reference to a Maori who had bfeen condemned to be hatfied for murder. • i

"Province of Canterbury-" The toast 01 "xim>. xruvmce *>*<"■"- Owuis, >eo.«w, «t u* 01 uut nlmongn Canterbury was the kiuiuu it, waa in **»* reacts tne nu, 6 t auvanoed, tnau** u> uie great wo** 01 its *»»!* jMuueers aua uaow wno had followed He paid a tribute 10 the work aoue by '£ «*° lar reference to the Uuuw»uu»* r*o *S iSff-iH—. P-ident of the Ca-teroury A. ana r. responded, said that he was m accora wiuT Mr Whin when ue advocated closer co-operation between the town auu tho country, and he could give the assurance chat the A. "» *VJJ sooiation would . give the. %niDer every assistance in the direction or bring, ng this about. The county people, he said, were alive to the necessity of greater production, but at the same time tney looked to the City for assistance m marketing their products and assisting them to mike-greater progress in their industry. Farmers had to worK verv hard for all they earned, ana unfortunately many of them were fo ecl into the Bankruptcy Court, this, in his ODiniont, being due to a great extent to" the h'gh price that had been paid for land in the post. Farmers had to be optimists to carry on at ail, pa-ticularly in a wet season like tne present.' Station of Officers. Tho election of omcers resulted as follows: nesidenc, jur W. J-iaoma; vice-piesident, iur Norton i)rancis; Council, iVLesors W. Bottrell, P. Davidson, A. F. Wright, H. Chapman, Wm, Goss, J. G. Herdman, P. H. J***? IS > F. E. Jones, VV. H. Price, W. Hayward, H. H. Smith, H. S. J3. Turner, E. H. Wyles, K TV. White, A. O. Wilkinson, C. J. R. Wilhams, C. J. Rooaldson, B. E. H. Whitcombe, H. P. Donald, T. F. Gibson; auditors, Messrs F. H. Labatt and J. W. &. Lawrence. _ Messrs E. H. Wyles, F. M. Warren and C. H. Hewlett were appointed honorary members.