CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

yPl'^tTßE' quarterly meeting of the Gisborne S& ;'':■ Chamber of Commerce was held at the £S : : L~'Council Chambers last night. Present : Mr -; . H; Lewis (President), the Ma3*or (Mr J. ;.■:■;■ To%nley), and Messrs Lunn, Whinray, J. i-j-'^Rosie, W. Morgan, T. Adams, Pettie, T. 0. :I" T ; ■- Dawson, and J. E. Whitby. 2k>'-'"' -Mr T. Adair was elected a member of the ':%;. Chamber, and subsequently attended. : 2.- ._A copy" of "a paper read by Mr G. M. . :•'■' ( Hitchcock at a meeting held at Geelong, and '■ entitled "Preventible Shipwrecks," was : ;' . read. His ideas, for prevention of wrecks '- were stringent regulations by owners, extra ;- precautions on the part of the officers, and ■*, ; more coast lights. i*. ■ The letter was ordered to lie on the table. '■.•"-■' Ajcopy of some reasons advanced in sup ;/i'- portt>l''the establishment of a training ship -V '". for the. colony, at a public meetiug held at - . Christchurch, was read. The President said this was a project they conld all most cordially agree with, but he did not see in what way they could render assistance, besides which, from the recent remarks of the Premier, there was not-much *.•,. likelihood of the scheme being given effect 'if-\ to for some time to come. C" , : ." The letter was ordered to lie on the table. V ■ ■ •' ' LIQHT RAILWAYS.
