CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Tire quarterly meeting of members of the Taranaki Oham'ber of Commerce was held last evening, the president (Mr. W. J. Perm) presiding. Among thiose present was Mr. G. H. F. Holieston, British Board of Trade Commissiouer in New •Zealand. ARGENTINA'S AGRICULTURAL EX- , HIBITION. A letter "was read from the Vice-Con--1 sulin New' Zealand for the Argentine Republic relative to the holding of tnc International Agricultural and Pastoral Exhibition in Buenos Ayres in 1910 in commemoration of the centenary of Argentina's emancipation.—Received.
A PROPOSED ASSOCIATION. The president stated that a sub-com-mittee of the Council had considered the memorandum of constitution of the associated Chambers of Commerce of .the Dominion, as well 'as suggestions made in connection therewith by Mr. W. Ferguson, of Wellington. The committee favored the formation of su.;h an association but considered the constitution required re-modelling, particularly in the direction of giving bethr representation ,to the country Chanrbcrs, and recommended that the memorandum be referred back to the Wellington Chamber for that purpose.—Recommendation endorsed.
THE BACK-COUNTRY ROADS. The president dTew attention to ohe almost total suspension of iroad wo.k in the back country of Taranaki, the consequent hardships suffered by the settlers, and the necessity for backing up the efforts of the provincial members of Parliament to bring pressure to bear upon the Government to alteT the present very unsatisfactory state oi affairs and getting work started as soon as possible. The number of men employed in the I'aranaki road district had been reduced from 500 to 100, a:id these were chiefly engaged in keeping the wafer tal>les opened on formed roads. It seemed that the Minister for Roads thought more of railways than of loads, iand there ,wa£ a chance of the roads being neglected unless strong pressure were brought to bear upon him and the Government. He moved, That this Chamber, while appreciating the efforts of the Government to expedite the construction of the Stratford-tagar-ue railway, would respectfully urge unit in justice to the settlers in all partß of the backblooks of Taranaki, road construction be resumed tut .the earliest possible date, and be carried on w;th all possible energy during the coraong summer.
M*. S. Shaw seconded and spolce in support of the resolution, dwelling upon the disabiiaties of ithe settlers on roads not served by a railway and the. need for doing everything possible for them. At ithe same time, he thought it was a good thing thalt the Government had taken the men off the roads during the wet season, when work cou\d only be carried o n with difficulty and A i a lo&.
Mr. W. Ambury spoke in a similar strain.
The president pointed out that the Government had .taken the men off too soon. It did not matter so much wi-.h the big works but it was a. different thing when t!hey came to the Bmaiicr works, which .were carried out by 00-i teact by the settlers, who could do the work as well in the winter as jn tl.o summer.
After further discussion the motion was put and unanimously carried.
RAILWAY TTME-TABLE. The .president brought up the proposal at the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce re aJtering the railway time-tables to enable through conniption between Napier and New Plymoui.li to be made in the one day. The proposal was to start two hours earlier from the Napier pnd, delaying the departure of the Wellington-New Plymouth train by three-quarters of an hour, thus enabling a connection to be made at Palmereton North. The Taranalri Chamiber had previously opposed any delaying of the service of this | coast, but circumstances had altered. There was now no daily steamier service between New Plymouth and Auckland and .therelore not the same' necessity for the early arrival of the mail train the through passenger traffic being only a third of what at mas., Under the altered conditions, he thongh't the town would gain more by having a through railway service with Napier than it would lose were the train, to run, say. half-an-hour later than at present. Mr.' Shaw did not think it desira-le •to have any nJitcratfion in the arrival of the mail train if it could be avoide.l. The slump in 'the passenger trajfiu would not continue; sooner or later the traffic must improve, and he looked f or a substantial improvement in the summer, when people—especially those this side oif Wanganui—iwould prefer travelling by boat to the tedious journey over the Main Trunk line. The railway services should be speeded up. Tiicy must remember that once they agreed to an alteration they would never get the present service back again. Besides, they, had wry litltle in common with, the East Const.
MV. Bmyess thought they should sup. port tilo Palmerston proposal. A direct service and the East Coast and Wai-raj-apa daily would wean a great deal for the place, particularly should (as in some quarters it was considered likely) New Plymouth ever ibe toade the last pout df call fo,r the Sydney and Home vessels.
Mr. R. C. Hughes and Mr. T. C. Schnackenbcrg supported the proposal On the ground tihat a daily service between tfao two coast* must prove of benefit to all fcoacerned. Mr. Baker thought that some of the train stoppages should T>e reduced or cut oult altogether. In this way, much time could foe saved.
Air. Ambury moved, That this Chamber co-operate .with the Palmerstou North Cha<mfoe,r of Commerce in tryiig to arrange for daily communication between Napier and Now Plymouth, provided the arrival of the .mail train at Now Plymouth be toot Ja.ter than 8.30 p.m. . . •
Mr.- Paton seconded tite motion, which was agreed to. i
WINTER SHOW. The president alluded to the decision of the Taianaki (A. and P. Society to hold & winter show at New .Plymouth next year, and asked that the Chamber co-operate with it in every way possible. A proposal had been made to hold 'a winter sßow »fc Hawera, but he did not ■think there .was room for two .winter shows in Tapanaki, mi if the two 'Were held one would prdbaWy kit! ,the .other. He had thought it i migVt be possible to arrango for the holding of a peripatetic ,winter sWm I for Taranaki— at Now Plymouth oae I year, Bawera another, and then at Straftford or Eltham. . But then came the question of securing the necessary accommodation. They all knew how Palmerston was taxed in this respedt at shew time, and for this reason he .thought Xaw Plymouth was the most 6UitaUe sWe for the' proposed show. "If "it is going to be a question of holding two bUows," added Mr. Fenn, | '•we rousit nmke this THE one," and to the achieving of this end he Mt, suro the Chamber would co-operate with the local A. and P. Society. Mr. Ambury, who is president of; *he. Tafanaki A. and P. Society, said thfAt Ithe dedsiom to hold & show had been come tto .some time ago; arrangements si connection with it Tvcre already Wag onade, and support was forthntoming even iat ftfis early sftlagc. There was no reason why the Chamber and Society should mot work together arid wftlh the assistance of <ohe Horti-
cultural and JPou'i'ny Sodotoea and owners of agricultural macl'mery, hold a ' Bhow that would be ia. credit to the ,p»<j- | vimoc and of benefit *j tha farnvcrs ,who could mot spane theitime to visit'the Palmere'tVm fixture. A good numlber oi Taraaaki visitors attended the Palmerstom shloiw, 9t ,was true, tot he was sat isfled that for every one that went bwettty-flveor thirty'did not. .The idea of sip Society mias to encourage fcha production of the best .pfloduce ani 9to«k and giv,e faflilfties it|o tho farmer far Seeing the latest nilaeltinery eo'ineotad with the industries of the Soil. 1 After tfurther discission it w de- - elded, Thatt ifhns ©hamfoer is in sym--7 pertJiy Wth tlhe TaranaJci AgrieultuTal 8 BocjaCy in its eiDonte to Tjold a, winccr ' rihtow and undenhakee to do all jn its 9 power ho assiit, CONTINUOUS TELEPHONE SERVICE iA'diiecussion ariose on of approaching tho iPoAal Department tto inaugurate a coiitinuous telepnoae service in the town, and the Miowlng ireeoMtion was agreed to:—Tha,t the i Postal Department be aeikecl to take a vote of the 'telephone feubfeeribers on 9 fhß .qnefftion of having a wmfcin-uoua i eervifce and putting particulars *jf the i- exttaa. cost fteforo then), STRATFORD-HUrROA LINK. Mr. Sctaadkeniberg drew attention'to h the unsatiHfacitflTy idclwery of g00.j9 "» r- .the Htratlond-HWron line". At' present le -delivery %&» given wittou* reVeipu, p, iKhuß openlnig the way to abuse. To 1»:« f-. jtuMj the lime was getting sufficiently re nmjoraint to justify the appointaert io of e, TenponfitMe rpierwn, bo one. of the r( «*taitilons. He ted found 'the railway
After discussion, it was decided, Jfa it tine attention of flie .District Traffic .Manager be directed to It'he ungaJtisf-ic-tory delivery of goods on the Stratlford(Huiroa. fine, and that lie .be requested Itto place a. responsible/ official in char"?. BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER 0 '!
On the inVitlaitijon of the president, Mr. G. H. F. ftolWton addressed tin meeting on the work and aims of th« British Board o'f Trade, hfa : rcmMks being 'followed -with .much interest.
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