CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1255, 11 October 1911, Page 8

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

RAILWAY MATTERS. A meeting of tho council of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce was held on Monday, there being present:—Messrs. H. C. Tewsley (in the chair), G. Wilson, C. W. Jones, A. E. Jlabin, E. O. Pilclier, A. Leigh Hun'., J. M'Lellan, J. Macintosh, and A. A. Corrigan. A communication was rcecivcd from the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce intimating that they had written io tho Minister for Railways suggesting that a system should bo instituted of issuing lnit parcels labels in triplicate, instead of as at present in duplicate. It was pointed out that such a sysfcm would b a great convenience to passengers, who could pick up their purchases at railway statiou>, one portion of the receipt being affixed to the parcel as at present, another portion given tu tho purchaser of the goods, and a third retained by the person bending the parcel. ' At the present time, if a shopkeeper sends a parcel and forwards his portion of the ticket to the purchaser, he. is without evidence that ho has left the parcel at all.—The Wellington Chamber resolved to support the action of the Canterbury Council. The council resolved to support tho proposal of tho New Zealand Farmers' Union for a through railway booking system by rail and sea through the Dominion, and to stato its opinion that such a system would prove a great convenience to the public, and facilitate trade, as well as being a source of revenue to the Railway Department. A copy of the above resolution is to bo forwarded to the Chambers of Commerce throughout New Zealand, and their support asked. It was pointed out that if such a system wcro instituted it would bo a great benefit to growers of fruit and produce, as well as to the business community generally. The secretary reported that representations had been mado in regard "to the Sale of Poisons Bill, which affected wholesale druggist.?, si-llers of sheep dips, etc. It was hoped that the clauses relating to tho sale of sheep dins and horticultural preparations would ho so altered as to cause the minimum of inconvenience to merchants and others handling these lines; The report of the inaugural meeting of the British Imperial Council of Commerce was received from the secretary of the Tiondon Chamber of Commerce," and the Wellington Chamber, invited to join and send a representative, nrcferably a resident in London—lt was" resolved to await the further advices premised from Loudon. The secretary reported that at the request of the New Zealand Farmers' Union he had communicated' with the importers of grain sacks, asking if they would make representations to the manufacturers to place distinguishing marks on sacks to show the different sizes.

The Consul for the Netherlands advised the chamber that tbe exnort of rice from the Netherlands Indies has been prohibited. Tho prohibition does not. however, apply to existing contracts. The secretary of tho Netherlands Chamber of Commerce, Melbourne, forwarded to the chamber conditions concerning ' Government sale of coffeo in Java. " '"hose aro available in the Chamber of Commerce for tbe insnect'on of merchants interested. Mr. E. J. Fvams,. and Messrs. A. D. Riley and Co.. Ltd., were elected members of the chamber.