WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 100, 30 May 1900, Page 2

WELLINGTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

[PEH PRIMS ASSOCIATION I .] Welmxotox, May 29. At tho qimierly mooting of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. J. Duthie, president, delivered an a.idres-;, in which ho iKjjed united ac'ion in pushing on the iS T irth Island Trunk Uiilway, a wurk which was so generally recognised and approved. Referring to tho 'Frisco mail savvies, ho com plained that tho outward mail was timed to leave Auckland two days before the inward mail arrives, yofc tor this Mr. Sprockli s intimites that ho requires the c ilouv's contri'otiti m to be mcreasad to £30,000. The net cast for 1898-99 of tho San Fninei-tco mail sarvieo to this colony, excluding intorprovinsial distribution and Anoriian transit, was shown to hiv * bra;* .£10,288, against which i'li):!!)9 wi receive I by postage in tlio cj! ...v, a;.d Mr. Dit'iia doubted whotlv ■]■

eilor.y cdiould agree <o .-. > l-.i'ga an iiLavas?, csp-jcially if without that propyl 1 control hithertj exercised. With the largo surp'us announced by tho Premier, ho hoped it was a qtt s\ioii of time when p.ainy postage

v.uuid bo mU';)du'j.:rl. Hi nr B *ud th ; -> Cifislruciio'i of tha Pacilio ta'.'lo, and v, hh to tlie speoolt of the Miui-jixr for .Railways lass night sai-J: ,--" All will, lam sure,'oo rejoiced to lam this morning of tha concessions and accelerated services proposed by the Minii-tur for Railways. Ik is gratifying to liud that it has been p*;ibl«, since rail way- prosp riiy is generally accepted as one of the best tests of the condition of any country. With regard to reduced single fates, thoy will be of no advantage whatever. In concluding, ho hop ad to rr:e the shipping trade of the pjrt devnlop and p'.oper docking and repairing acejs-orios provided.