CHILIAN CURRENCY.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 42, 10 August 1889, Page 3

CHILIAN CURRENCY.

MEETDfQ AT TIIK INTKHNATIONAI. HOTKU In lanjnnsn to an a>l*urti*em*ut inviting Um ritiauna <»f Apia interested in ilaMSiUiug the Chili money to Meat together at the International Hotel but Sataiday. ihcre was a vary good attendance of merchants and others. After eovoral iaeiloutiial attempts to secure a chairman, Mr. Grevemuhl accepted the posit inn, aad hrirfy aAraed Um deairabU ty of expelling the Chilian currency from Samoa. Home efforts bad bean made before, aad bad tailed, but the thing was perfectly fcaaiUc. and by combination and co operation it could he easily affected. Ho invited thine interested to addraaathe meeting, but thoie was an ominous silence, uooue responding to Um call. After a pau»o Mr. Cuaark rose, and said it waa the duty of those who called the meeting to come prepared with resolutions ami proposition* for discussion, but the parties who had inserted the Advertisement waro not present, and haul evidently dona nothing to secure the success of the meeting He thought it waa usoloasto prolong tho proeont meeting, and ha suggested that a committee should bo appointed to prepare resolutions to submit to a future mooting. The following guntl-mcn were then nominated as momhorH of the committee :—Messrs. Grevsniuhl, Porker, NottrJer, Mooney, llrlh-aoc, Meroilith. I leavers, nud I*tnpi>-. It «a« then moved, " That those gentlemen should be a comniitt. o for the purposes auggestod." The fluiiru.au put tho motion to tho meet lug, though in rather a novel manner. lusteftd of requesting thiee in favour of tho resolution to signify their approval in tho usual way, ho asked all those who we.-eajruinst it to stand up. No one apparently iming ibtiirous of parting coui|uuiy with his seut, tho chairman declared the uiotiou to lie carried unanimously Mr. Ousnck consented to act a- secretary to the committee. The meeting then adjouraed.

Tho numbers of the com:nitt«o met at the International Hotel on Monday evening. No formal resolution was passed, hut it was suggest*-) that on and afur the first day «f November the Chilian »r Peruvian dollar be only accepted at the rate of 2s 6d English money. Messrs. Parker, Uravamuhl, and J. Meredith were appointed a committee to interview our business *u«>ple, and test their views uith rofcrnnro to the suggestion.