PROSPEROUS WHANGAREI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 541, 19 December 1928, Page 12

PROSPEROUS WHANGAREI

PLENTY OF MONEY AND BRIGHT PROSPECTS REPUTATION ATTRACTS TOO MANY (From Our Ou’h Correspondent) WHAXGAREI, To-day. That a reputation for prosperity may attract too many business people to a town was the suggestion made by Mr. A. R. Crane, the retiring president of the Whangarei Chamber of Commerce, at the annual meeting last evening. Mr. Crane alluded to the higher grading of the Whangarei Post Office owing to the growth of business, and said that for the same reason they soon expected a higher grading of the railway station. The increased traffic on the northern line was remarkable A larger postoffice was in prospect and also the automatic telephone. Money was plentiful and future prospects were bright, but the banks might well give more attention to rural securities and less to town and city investments, and so help the men who were creating the primary wealth of the country. Town business was said to be bad in Whangarei, but that was due to I more people being attracted to Whangarei to open business than the in- ! crease of population warranted. PENALTY OF FAME It was the penalty of a reputation for prosperity spread by commercial travellers. There was really irore business, but it was too much divided up. The commerce train had done good, and the future of Whangarei and the North was well assured. Mr. J. E. Holmes, formerly Mayor of Whangarei, was elected president for the ensuing year. Mr. J H. Walker was elected vicepresident, and Messrs. C. V. Stringer, M. Fraser, W. Reynolds, M. Woods, A. R. Benjamin, A. R. Crane, and G. Halse to the executive council.