CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1565, 8 October 1912, Page 3

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Messrs. A. E. Mabin (chairman), C. Jones, Jns. M'Lellan, W. J. Thompson, T. Bollinger, A. Leigh Hunt, E. &. lilcher, F. W. Manton, and T. C. Dawson wero present at the montlily meeting ot the Council of tho Wellington Chamber of Commerce held yesterday. Messrs. A. A. Stichbnry, H. Young, and F. B. Gormley were elected members of tho Chamber. , ~ ■ , The bank certificate of the Chamber showed a credit of <£75 7s. 10d. The resignation, was received ot air. Charles Seager. It was decided to discontinue ihe payment of the sum of £12 12s. per annum to Mr. W. Pryor, . who when Mr. Samuel Carroll was secretary of tho Chamber, watched all legation submitted to the Houso on behalf of the Chamber. Ihe chairman said that the money had been granted, by tho Chamber at a- time when the late Mr. Carroll was secretary, and that it was then thought that the other Chambers of Comraerco of the Dominion would unite in paying Mr. Pryor a year for that work, but the other Chambers had not paid anything, and it was for them to decide if thoy were to | continue the payment. They, now had another secretary who was quite capable of. doing the work. On tho matter being made the subject of a resolution it was decidcd, on tho motion of Mr. C, W. Jones> to discontinue the payment, . For the use 'of ships on foreign voyages nearly three million tons of bunker coal irere shipped from Scotland last year. I A child named Samuel Edwin logwell 1 was drowned under pathetic circumstances 1 in the River "VVey at Guildford recently. Deceased had taken lunch to his father, awl then said ho would go for a walk. When by tho river lxink, it apptars, ho tried to look at his shadow in the water, and fell in. Hi-s younger brother saw hnn drown. The attention of thoso on the look-out for land-is drawn towards Messrs. Williams and Kettle's advertisement in today's issue. Two exceptionally line blocks of freehold city property are offered for sale by Messrs. William H. Turnbull and Co., Wellington. A variety of excellent land investments ars : advertised in to-day's issue bv Messrs. Murray, HobeTts and Co., Ltd. Tho poultry farming industry is now claiming sucli attention that interested iu same will no doubt be pleased to learn that the International Correspon- ; denco Schools, Ltd., have now prepared n I very comphMo course on scientific poultry p farming. Particular#? concerning snmo m I given in oui' advertising columns.