DUNEDIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8173, 4 August 1906, Page 2

DUNEDIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I TEE MESS ASSOCIATION, Dunedin, August 3. The annual moeting of the Dunedin . Chamber of Commerce was held to-day, 1 when Mr R. Maris Clark, the Presi- . dent, delivered an address, reviewing 3 the principal events of the yoar, and f spoko of the prospects for the coming , year, which, on the whole, he consid- : crcd are cheoring. He referred to tbe change made in closing railway goods sheds at 4.30 p.m., as high-handed proceeding. Referring to the Department of Industries and Commerce, kept on at a cost of £40,069 annually, he said members would be surprised to learn that beyond sending the Chamber some copies of Consular reports, they have hul absolutely no communication from t!ic Department during the year, or inJeed since its existence. Purely if the Department desires to fulfil the duties its title implios, it could do more completely if it kept in kept in touch with the vsrious Chambers of Commerce throughout the colony. The President also spoke of the State Fire Department, and said . this new experiment might land it and j its policy holders in serious difficulties if a catastrophe a la Kan Francisco , occurs. Mr J. Henton was elected t President for the coming year.