FOXTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4406, 25 January 1930, Page 3

FOXTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MONTHLY MEETING,

'The monthly meeting of the Foxton Chamber of Commerce was held

in Boss’s rooms on Thursday even-

ing, over by Mr. J. K. II or billow (President). Also present’ were Messrs I. Corn, M. E. Perreau, G. F. Smith, W. E. Bullard, A. Alsop, H. Garbett, R. N. Speirs and the secretary (Mr. R. 0. Hornblow).

Apologies for absence were received from Messrs J. Newton and D. Christie. telephone for .junior con STABLE’S RESIDENCE.

Mr. Smith referred to the fact that the juinor constable’s residence was not connected with the telephone and said it. was advisable that Constable Bell should he

or. the telephone. At the present time .Constable Owen was away

and it was only possible to get in touch with Constable Bell by telephone while he was at the Police Station. In the event of a serious accident, a fatality or a fire it was often very necessary to be able to get in touch with a constable immediately and under the present circumstances local residents were

at a great disadvantage. The president said the trouble was that there was no permanent residence for the junior constable and with his removal front the town it was quite possible that his successor would take up his residence in a different locality.

It was pointed out however, that the telephone could be shifted from one residence to another for a small fee. Mr. Perreau endorsed Mr. Smith's remarks and considered the move one in the right direction, instancing one occasion on which he had found it very difficult to get in touch with a constable owing to the„senior officer being absent from town and the junior constable not being on the ’phpne. It was decided to write to the Commissioner of Police recommending that the junior constable’s residence be connected with the telephone locally. POXTQN-MOIJTOA SATURDAY

SERVICE. Mr. G. F. [Smith reported that since last meeting together with Mr D. Christie he had made suitable arrangements for a Satui’day afternoon motor service from Moutoa to Foxton. The holidays had since intervened, but prior to that .the service had operated quite successfully. LEVIN-FOXTON MAIL SERVICE. Mr. R. N. Speirs drew the Chamber’s attention to the present unsatisfactory state of affairs in re -

gard to the Levin-Foxton evening mail service. Since the mail con- ' tractor had taken oveb a rural delivery in addition to the usual Le-vin-Foxton service local box holders had been put to the inconvenience of having to wait an extra half hour or so for their evening mail. The delay was occasioned by the mail contractor having to wait in Levin for rural mail to be sorted through rural delivery box holders having their correspondence addressed to Levin instead of Foxten. If the correspondence was addressed to Foxton the mail contractor could leave Levin immediately on the arrival of the train with his mail and passengers and arrive in Foxton a good deal earlier, as was done in years past. The present state of affairs was not satisfactory to local box holders or to the mail contractor. If rural delivery mail came to Foxton direct delivery would be made just as expeditiously and settlers would receive their mail first thing in the mournings. The president: Is that the reason why the evening mail is so' late in arriving in Foxton? Mr. Speirs: Yes. How many box holders are their on the rural delivery?

Mr. Speirs: About 20. It is ouly

a matter of getting them into the habit of having their correspondence addressed to Foxton instead of Levin. The president said that Foxton should be studied in the matter of mails and suggested that the box holders should enter a strong protest against the present state of affairs whereby they had to wait

for their mlail while the mail contractor made a delivery which could 'be carried out just as expeditiously the following morning. It was decided to forward a protest to the local Postmaster on the matter and failing any satisfactory adjustment of the matter to convene a meeting of box holders to discuss further 'action. AN APPRECIATION.

The president referred to the fact that since last meeting Mr. M. E. Perreau had been appointed

chairman of the Beach Improvement 'Committee and on behalf of the members of the Chamber he extended to Mr. Perreau that body’s congratulations on his appointment. At the same time Mr. Hornhlow referred to the very line work carried out in the interests of the beach for many years by the Dawick Bros, of Palmerston 'North. No men had done more, to promote the welfare of Foxton’s seaside resort, said the . president* than had the Dawick Bros. Over a number of years the late Mr. Wl Dawick had been untiring in his efforts to improve and popularise the beach and on his demise‘the mantle of responsibility had fallen on the shoulders of his brother who had proved himself just as enthusiastic and devoted to the welfare of the beach as his brother frad and his resignation as chairman of the Beach Improvement Ooimimittee wdiiek was tendered at •the last meeting of that body was to be regiretted indeed.

Mr. Perreau in acknowledging the Chamber’s congratulations said lu- realised that lie had to live up to a very high standard in accepting the position of chairman of the Beach Improvement Committee, following on such excellent past .chairmen as the Dawick Bros. The Chambetr had watched their work and it was only fitting that they should now place on record their appreciation of the g'ood work carried out by them and to wish Mr. Dawick a speedy recovery to health. Few people realised what, an important asset the Beach A\as to Foxton. It was up to the business people and local residents to suppofrt the beach in every way as its success as a seaside resort would mean added prosperity for the town. Mr. A. Alsop also endorsed the remarks of the previous speakers and it was decided to place on record the Chamber’s appreciation of the excellent work carried out at the seaside by the Dawick Bros, and to wish Mr. A. Dawick a speedy recovery to health.