Birmingham Chamber of Commerce: Trade of the Year: The annual meeting of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday, at the Exchange; Mr. F. B. Goodman (chairman of the council) presiding. In moving the adoption of the annual report (which has been given in the Daily Post) the chairman said that … (discussion) … Local Trade: Reference was made in the report of the chamber to the falling off in exports under the heading of hardware and cutlery during the last ten or fifteen years. He could not help feeling the falling off was not as great as it appeared, but was due probably to changes in trade, which had drifted into different channels. … The Education Committee had done a great deal of useful work, and Mr. H. C. Field had proved himself a most exemplary chairman. The Commercial Bills Committee, with Mr. R. A. Pinsent, as chairman, had most carefully examined the bills that had come before it and the chamber. [elected chair the following year] ……
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GRO0738 Devonport: Richard Alfred Pinsent: 1852 – 1948