A TRIP FOR NOTHING
   A large number of the mem
 bers of the Board of Trade had
 a trip for nothing to Hamilton
 the other night, although it may
 not have been for nothing as it
 may bear fruit in after years.
   The trip was made with the
 object of trying to induce the
 Grocers' Association of the City
 of Hamilton to hold their annual
 picnic at Grimsby Beach this,
 year. About thirty members of'
 the Board of Trade accompanied
 by the 44th Regt. Band, and Mr
 Wylie_ of Grimsby Beach, left
 Grimsby by special car at seven
 o'clock on Thursday evening,
 June 2. Upon their arrival in the
 City a procession was formed,
 headed by the Band and a banner
 bearing the legend "Grimsby
  Board of Trade for Grimsby
   Beach"
 To the strains of martial music
 the procession marched up King
 Street to James, south on James
 to Main and down Main to the
 Board of Trade building, where
 the Grocers were holding forth.
 They were welcomed by Presi
 dent McIntosh and Secretary
 Bay Hill.
   The meeting was addressed by
 Wm. Mitchell, Reeve of Grimsby :
 O. Zryd. President of the Board
 of Trade; Jas. A. Livingston, W.
 J. Drope, H H Wylie, S. E.
 Mabey, G. B. McConachie and
 George E. Waller, all of whom
 urged the Grocers to come to
 Grimsby Beach and promising
 them good accommodations and
 a pleasant time. Mr Waller prom-
 ised that he would put ten or
 twelve special cars at their dis
 posal on the H. G. & B.
   President McIntosh and Mess-
 rs. Adam Ballantine and John O.
 Carpenter spoke for the Grocers
 and said that Grimsby Beach
 would receive the Grocers best
 consideration. The deputation
 then returned to Grimsby by 
 special car.	
   The Grocers decided to go to
 Niagara Falls and the Grimsby
 people were disappointed but not
 discouraged as they feel that the
 trip improved their chances for
 securing the big picnic another
 year.