TARANAKI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 57, 12 March 1907, Page 2

TARANAKI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

llie quarterly meeting of tile 'Taranaki Chamber of Commerce was held lust evening. lWiit: .Messrs Newton Jvtiig (chairman), W. Am bury, iSehnackeiiberg, All. Uoldwiit.cr, \V. J. I'enn, 0. Jl. iiurgess, John l'aton, (J. 11. JJedford, T. 0. List, W. Kerr, L. M. -Uonteath, J. 13. Hoy. Apologies were read from Messrs Comici, It. Cock, and 8. Shaw.

Thei foll/Owijiig new (inciiibdis mora, elected: Messrs A. 11. O'lasgow (manager Union Bank J, llonry Mtildoon •(opeudiugand Co., A. McHardie (maua* ger National Hank) and Cruickshank.s (Messrs Collett and Co.) ill- 0. .Samuel wrote thanking the Chamber of Commerce for its congratulatory resolution respiting ids appointment to the .Legislative Council. The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce wrtrto stating ;that llu®* had not been sullieient questions of generai interest suggested lor the proposed conference of Chambers of Commerce of the colony—ileccivcil. llie Auckland Chamber of Commerce wrote suggesting amendments in the bankruptcy Act, which, it w.is stated, does no£ properly meet. the ifripiirenients oi the general public and commercial community, and suggest inii that the Department of .lusf ice should appoint someone to remodel -Llie Act. tlie ollicers obtaining from Ike various Chambers of Commerce tlicir "rounds for coiiiplainl, as to administration and tiie 'operations of || u ,i Act, and their suggestions I'or improvement.—A consisting of Messrs Burgess, Schnackcnbcrg, Ab. Cnldwater, Johns and \V. Anibnry, was set up t<> go into the matter and report at a future meeting. The resignations pf MeSsrs J. 11. l'arker, Chow Chong and lientley were accepted witli regret.

- The chairman brought up the quess tion of tariff revision, which had been ) Ik*M over from a previous itu'ctinn;. (, lie iv»ro«'.(e(i tlwt Frascr. who had imulc a closi' study of tin* matter and had all tho particulars beside hiin, was away and would br t iiway for some t'me. and thought in the circumstances it would be wisu In ' appoint a committee I<> go into lhe whole (juestion Ciirefully un</| report 4 ai ;i later mecfing.~Mv Goldwaler was of opinion that the liends of the local warehouses would b<' well lilted to form the eomin:ttee. They wen* coiiversiint with tln: un<>mal;<'H that, existed in tho present tarilV system.— • Jt decided to write other Chambers of Commerce on the matter and elicit, from them their views on tinmatter, with the viow of placing hefore a further meeting <Jt' the local ('liamber. This concluded the business, wii.eli was got through in record time.