The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-13
DINNER PLANNED
FOR VISITORS
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(From Thursdays Adveriiscrl
That the Chamber Of Commerce will
give dinner in honor Of the Con
ercssional visiting party is assured.
That this dinner will be given by the
Chamber Of Commerce alone is also
tolerably certain. The matter was
brought up at the meeting Of the ;rus
tees yesterday afternoon, and, after n
little discussion, it was decided to refer
it to committee for consideration and
report.
The suggestion Of the president was
to the effect that the visit of the Con
gressmen might very well serve as the
occasion of the first annual dinner of
the Chamber Of Commerce. This plan
did not meet with approval, and was
dropped.
Several of the trustees thought that
some provision should be made to allow
the Merchants Association TO assist the
chamber in giving the dinner, should
that body care to do So the idea being
that the visitors will have but a linn
tied time here, and too many enter
tainments would only serve to compli-
cate matters. This suggestion met
with pretty general approval, but the
president was firm in his stand that
the chamber should take the matter
up alone. 1t was finally decided to
give the dinner unassisted, but to in
yite the Merchants Association to be
present.
The Chamber of Commerce building
plan did not receive very enthusiastic
| endorsement. There was no objection
to the erection Of a building, but the
| sentiments expressed were to the effect
| that the matter would bear good deal
of study.
J.. L. Paxton said that he had not
| had time to look into the matter at
| all, but he believed that, should it be
assured that the contemplated building
could be kept under the control of the
Chamber of Commerce, it might be a
good thing to boost along.
Another question which arose was
that of ownership. Would the building
belong to the Chamber of Commerce
or would it belong to some other cor
poration2 In the latter case, what
|
noting this building, and securing q
lease of say twenty-five years on some
structure owned by outside interestsi
The president thought that the
Chamber of Commerce should own the
building, or at least that the holding
corporation should consist of members
of the Chamber, and that stock should
be made non-transferable to persons
not members of the chamber. Finally
the matter was left in the hands of ,
committee, to be named by the presi
/ dent.
A report on the necessity for extend
, ing Alakea wharf shed in order t.
! make it possible to dock large ship
9 advantageously, was brought up. o.
, motion of l.. II. Peck this matter wa
t referred to the committee on harbort
Z The question of providing suitabl
r entertainment for the delegates to tn
l Congress of the Chambers of Commerce
: of the British Empire, to be held i
: Sydney, September 14-17, was brough
up. Secretary Wood announced thu
f the Mariana sails from Vancouver FIR
day with, probably, some of the dele
gates He was authorized to cable 1
n Vancouver, ascertain how many AZ
Y coming this way, and then make pref
!. | arations for their entertainment.
|. The trustees decided to place tn
j. chamber on record as fayoring the e.
N adjustment of military Departmen
n of Hawaii, and the secretary was il
structed to write the Secretary of Wa
= asking him to take action in the ma
ter.
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