CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 190, 20 April 1915, Page 3

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

‘ ; ihfifj “ ■. r.\ •%». m ? r H'i j Jve« T ii '■ dQftfUM I *®. 1 ' 0 ® *ax«. s field in the Fire Brig, _■ Hall last- : cvcni^^^’i?r’43. c °’ Oldham) was in the’ chair, * and there fra s’ only a veriy -mirideraie ;r’t-'ti>n »T ane c* ef ' hieiiitergV - • • ’■■• /■>’- '•■■ : ”•- '•- ‘"i” O’Tiffe iaifliites ■ of*’ the- p‘} ; evi : »fia' ;f afiV/util irmriting 'ware''triad • aud &t> nfl-fmedv ! '■"■ The balliriemHiririt'; 'dVdit balance -of £1 14/-,’ ‘was read •and; on slit?' motibn’-Of -D'.' 7 8ririri’ett,‘ was adopted. ■■>o.4- r ;./,. ,J : I ’ The'’‘sec*Ma’fyA (•Mr/’H.- •;Tv» J read the annual ■figJfoW to-Risi'^i£W - -fe4 $tM« hi th'e’'%6rk’ as fola!tefi% s tEeOul^va : y' I 'tV'hi%-hi^iv- tlv ing hi^n ! ingh%ad :: dh'e' i: othf)‘ p.tn’'.' ffMfi-ri’dtftlrif SfltledVourbd ,r to seftMetainTritei'ease of ; foiling stock. The' president interviewed Mn- f Hiley/ tlie Ge&rerdfc'’ Man&gef : I bf RaihHVysf diiid ' received Ms a’sSurdhce'that’as gVorf'Wex'* ■ti^f^%iiV s =tA^re J ‘U^iiaßfe,-Mdifioiial' ; ' "vt'otild ‘ f b’ri "gtvM'f ■ 'str: Hiley also - skid' tliat as the timetable was under; ? revieW fj fie’’would’ ; give r the" matter -his'careful cbn'si3efaTi()o'. ;r ' The’ timetable Was" 'altered 'aa‘■desired- and ’ the J acc(triifiiod'atibn £ifsn.' r ~ ' <v '- f •>’• : ft - : • ‘ Tlie ! - : poStiirasteß was -' interviewed to «Sk* extra mailbag- op riorth’”and south’ late exptlssijs,’ ‘“and-' WbV'h sSUrefl ; that’ the’ to ’ fVelfect I ’'for - ' ‘t-s*"- j

1 The' 'authorities were"; approached to ■secure"' telephone eohimuniea'tipn hetW66n fr Taffiape and ' althobglf Tip# successfully ? at work* has now boerT executed.

'■ The'-'estahlisKmeni of freCmhg works in this locality v Was mooted and'jstrpngly 'ladvocahed 4 by this Chamber,' with thbwehtilt ‘'fjiat fc Con#rp.e{s the value, of'some' £45,’00.6 had how Been dpt. , t ' The o 'Postal 'Department, approached,’ pointing opt the . necessity for postal Boxep at convenient ! points, in the main thoroughfares; and. fortunately, as there w e f e men .in the local office who understood the needs of the town,, the Chamber J s. object was achieved, „; . , v . Several other matters, were dealt with, .including the .removal of the railway ..trucking yards from the present position to the, site of the old public yards.,on Mataroa Road.; extra convenienses at the., railway station for the reception of telegrams, besides .other improvements,. which, ,up to the present, have not, been attained.. The .Chamber ’s attention was .turned to the,.necessity of opening the road between Taihape and .Napier, and in this, connection . a strong, deputation, consisting . of . .delegates from the Hawke/s Bay. ap.d Rangitikoi County Councils,., Napier and Taihape, Borough Councils,, and all Interested Chambers of Conyncxce, was appointed to Interview, the Minister for,Public Works at Wellington,, who, after ..hearing,, the de: putatipn’s views assured them that he considered the . matter ,an important one.nad it.would receive his best support.- p;.-, . -,r - .. ..

. In conclusion, members of the Committee; had done, their, best in forward-

ing ll;e best interests of the district, and it was hoped that... the.., k i,ucp:u4,h£ Committee would .fpjlowuip ami successworks \\lnch had been begun but had not 'yet been eonfpleted.'■ " ’ ’” •' : -Tlre-’y/'rcsfdent/ hr •hidvhig' the -adop-tioiV-’ot*' s ’the’ ‘reportO sand. i,, as‘'they wei-v* rcp it : 'was' Very hard' to ’get ' cMit^fe^fljc->s ; '^o' <: %^jpa*B» ti: tb- : * H orria 'a 1 quorum; two meetings had^beeii• hailed : and there-yas -not/a ’quorum •atacither. Among unfinished work was ther road" bet ween Tailiajxe -yuidf ,-iva‘pier, * which , was a very important road so far as Tailpipe was concerned; He'-had hoped that he- would have been able -to get the road through, and he had interviewed kfr. Fraser,-Minister- for Public Works, who promised-‘that he would have the route surveyed. He had. since enquired further and • he-, now understood that they had to wait ..till-the -House was calledv together .^before;the necessary work could - be given effect to. • - ; :

Mr, H. D. Bennett seconded the adoption o‘f the report arid said he felt that the public generally liad not risen' to‘the occasion, and' they did’ riot'seeni’ to realise thuvalueto the - town" of'the Chamber; He was one 'of the first ‘Who took an ’interest in its formation arid as it had accomplished’ranch good work he could only conclude-that the pc6pl« iindifferenee.'.‘Was lowing to' their being, . satisfied and tooi well .off- to care’ much< about the future. This particu-' lar 'Clirimber, at one tiriie ‘ or ■ another, had' been the- means ’’of putting-Taihap'e iff the s position it now Occupied as com-’ pared-Avith other towns along the line; it was purely through the efforts of this Chamber that .it was, taking a foremost place;.,it was the. voice .of the, spirit heard ji the wilderness, frqpr t«ne r to time, .and it was . really marvellous that old members had stuck to their positions as well as they had. Now St seemed > impossible to drag 'people out to'look- after their iriterests—-they preferred to leave the work to others: In expressing his opinion of the good work done'he would saj r that the Committee -had not been supported as they ought -to have been. If this- Chamber was to go under there was no other body to take up its work. Good work had-been done in the past; and if-they had not that support’ that would enable good work to be done in the future he saw nothing, for, it but to disband, but he would regret the necessity for such, a course. ~

. -The president said, ,to .get a - bigger membership last year the subscription had been reduced from ten shillings to five shillings; several new members had joined and this had helped them to show a credit instead.-of a debit In their annual balance-sheet. He said their next business was the election of officers, and he wouold propose Mr Bennett as president for the coming year. Mr. Bennett was a thorough businessman; he was in close contact with all public matters; he was the Chamber’s first president and, as such, had done excellent work, Mr. Benhett said he must decline as his hands were already too full with matters in connection With the public. In addition to other things he now had the freezing works' on his hands, and this was really as much as he could find time for, and he felt sure if he ear-

ried tliat through to success he was doing his share of public work for Tailiape. For that reason he must decline AL.^e.amed. tp him that the Chamber had to do orirT of two things—cdth’sraadbtifn that meeting to- another-oeeasion -or disband 1 al-: - t-ogetlier. Hi Mr. A. L. Arrdwfimitli said he was ■ entirely, of Mr. Bennett ’s opinion; he • f s o‘'the rionciuston that/feusines'.'ppoplo, shqubld .take'' a iripre,’ lively 5 interest in "the Chamber or) it .should disband. The idea to adjourn was a good oiie and if it wercWourid tliat'tlie public were'riot prepared to-fake more interest, then the Chamber should”'di’sW bfifi'd; ’Hri Tindved -that. the meetinguadjourn, and failing- -a -satisfactoryH r-ftß spdn'se by the* public-to a meeting to be held this day fortnight the Chamber shou I,^:d^bri’nd.C jThis »was seconded- -t>y Mr.:> and. carried .unaninipusly, A vote of thanks to,. the chair concluded the meeting.’" 1 ’