CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 317, 3 December 1910, Page 5

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MONTHLY MEETING

The usual monthly meeting of Te Kuiti Chamber of Commerce was held last night at the "Chronicle" office, Mr F. Sims, President, in the chair. The President reported that lie had been in communication with the District Engineer, asking when the railway station improvements were to be undertaken, and had been told that the material was on order, and it was proposed to commence operations in about a fortnight. Mangakokopu Road. —Mr E. A. Hally wrote with reference to a grant of £IOOO for expenditure on this road, as detailed by our Kiritehere-Moeatoa correspondent in our last issue.—Decided to write to the Minister of Public Works, asking him if lie can see his way to place a further grant on the Supplementary Estimates, and to reply to Mr Hally stating what had been done.

Development of Waterways.- -The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce wrote asking that delegates might be appointed to attend a coonference to be held at Hamilton on the above subject. Mr J. W. Ellis wrote similarly, saying that although Te Kuiti was not directly interested, it was at o:ic time the head of the waterways between there and Auckland, and the present scheme was a necessary part of any future development. —Messrs Sims and King were appointed to attend the conference.

Late Letter Posting.—The President reporter] that he had had a conversation with the postmaster, as to a letter-box at the railway station for clearing at 2 a.m., and had been informed that as the trains only stopped five minutes and perhaps a hundred letters might be posted there would be no time to sort them for North and South respectively. A letter had accordingly been written to the secretary of the Post Office, asking that two boxes might be erected, one for the North mails and the other for the South. —A repl" had been received that the matter was under consideration.

Monthly Meeting. —• The January meeting will not be held. Dust Nuisance. Mr Rosenberg raised the question of some solution of the dust nuisance. He was willing to contribute half the cost of asphalting his footpath, if the Borough Council would do the other half. Mr Darrow thought the only way was to oil the main street. —A general discussion ensued, a!J present recognising the gravity of the evil, but at present being unable" to offer a complete solution. Until the borough works were completed it was felt it would be l'ttle good doing much to the main roads, as waterways required and the various pipes to bj laid would necessitate cutting open the road. Various temporary methods of dealing with the problem were discussed, crude petroleum for minimising the dust being one idea.