CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 6

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE. CONFERENCE IN LONDON. Messrs. H. C. Tewdey (president), W. G. Duthie, A. A. Corrigan, Jas. ITLcllan, Geo. Wilson, J: G. Harkness, and W. Allen was present at ' a meeting of the council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce, held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A letter was received from the London Chamber of Commerce, inviting the local chamber to send a representative to_ the Conference of Chambers of Commerce and Commercial and Industrial Associations, •to be held in London on June 21,. 22, and 23. The letter stated that previous annual conferences had been held at Liege, Milan, and Prague. The business to be considered inclnded the'following matters: 'A fixed date for Easter. /Unification nnrt simplification of the Gregorian calendar. Development of the Postal Union and the European Postal Union. Unification of the law regarding cheques.' • Enforcement of judgments and arbitration awards pronounced in foreign countries. Adoption of all the conditions appearing in the Convention of Madrid dealing with false marks of origin of goods. Method ol valuation for the compilation of Customs statistics. The council appointed Mr. John Duncan (who leaves for London by the lonic tomorrow) as.its representative at the conference.

A letter was received from Mr. S. A. Atkinson (of the National Defence League),, asking the chamber to join in ■urging the Government to accept toe complete recommendations of Lord Kitchener, including the extension of the age up to which compulsory training has to be undergone to 26 years. The suggestion met with the approval of the council, and it was decided to approach the members of the chambers for signatures to the memorial which is being prepared. A member of the chamber wrote to the council suggesting that telephones for the use of subscribers should be" placed about the railway stations "and wharves. At present the only telephones are "official" ones, and members of the public, even though they be subscribers, are debarred from their use, though they may have business of the most urgent sort to transact. The council decided to back the proposal, as such semi-public telephones would be of the greatest assist ance to business houses concerned in the 'transport of goods. Another suggestion made was that now a charge was being made for admission to the railway platforms on the arrival and departure of mail trains, pnwasion should be made for the posting of late fee letters outside the station, or an official should be aploinied to receive the same, in order that people wishing to post a letter will not be required to pay a double fee. This matter was promised the sympathy and attention of the chamber.