TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 16 November 1921, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[by TKl.nni.-Al-ll COMMUNITY EFFORT. ADDRESS BY STUART WILSON. WELLINGTON. Nov. 11l

In nil address In the Chamber of Commerce on community oll'oil. Mr Stuart Wilson said New Zealand Chambers gM'iitly needed development oil lines of Anioiiea and Canada. All branches of com mum cia I activity should be represented mu! members dialled into cot to carry out the woik they were best qualified to perforin. Concent ration of oll'oil thus olleclcd was invaluable. A programme should include sclent ilic marketing of New Zealand piodme. At pre-ent we were I,,sing millions per annum owing to the nb-elice of business methods in lhi~ respect. The American city bureau was prepared to send a thoroughly qualified man to New Zealand to le-organi-e Chambers and the cu-t lot the lour cities would he about two thousand. Ml Wilson oll'erod to iai-o the Wellington quota. A man limn America could begin work here. The Chamber decided to take the suggestion into consideration. Li connection with this proposal it is recalled that veins ago Ml Seddoti told the ('handlers ol t oinmeice that tlic> une not doing the work lhey should be do-

The re|>oaled insistence ol New Zealanders returning from visits to England. on the deplorable way our produce is handled is undoubtedly stirring up feeling that something must be doin' to improve matters. WATKRSIDERS’ CONFERENCE

NEW PLYMOUTH. Nov. lti. The Watersiders’ Conference opened this morning. Mr Glover presiding owi twentv-live delegates, who were welioitui*H hv the .Mayor and President "I the local union. The Mayor that the fact of a Conference being here was a recognition of the growing impjiirtance of this port, with which Mr Glover agreed. The ('(inbreiice then proceeded with lho preliminaries; The proceedings are not open to the press.