COMMERCE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 5

COMMERCE COUNCIL.

',J;/v; ■■ ;>;i¥;IMPERIAL;SCHEME,; 'v • . (- By :Telpgrapli-Presa Association-Copyright.)-.-. }'i : ' ! ;.'■■'■.'■'\'i' : 'Pi'. Melbourne, September; 27. -. '■■ Sir-'Alberf;.Spice'r.'.who was' president' of thfe recent Empire , Chambers' of .'Commerce Congress afi." Sydney,! in 'a. speech hero,;.;advocated the of ,an : oil /to, keopTmoving'.the -snbjects , dealt -with' at the .'chf mhersJ.lcorigrcsseW: '' '■'_ ' v. !: ;,:''';' : !'-!'■' ■■■..The council,;said Sir. Albert;' , should te'com-' 'posetl of Representatives, from, all parts of, the Empire, arid should be! located .'in London.' It could be added- to' by. members:delegated for ascertain period: thus keeping tho centred body in ' closer touch 'with-ithings'commercial; and with 'and opinion, ;in...the : distant dominions. ;and-colonies. . ■ ; ; . '', '.■'■' .''..-;'■ I ; ■'■ 'S\l ;MUTU AUy;. j MPRESSED.: ■ ■[ I, ■; V)RJ3StjMS;'OF; MERCANmE' MISSION/; i.':'-?''; !(Rcc.;,September'27, : -10.30!p.m.); ; ) ''■.:.;■■. V.!'- ;; ■■:: : /-'i'l:-: ■ ; '; 1 I : ■•.','■.. London,; September 27." ;/. The special.: correspondent' of ."Tlip Times," xabling.fromjJilelbourne with.reference,to the Empire Chamhors .of; Commerce Congress, states tliat: i A«sb , alia l neTcf;befbra witriessed' such ".a gathcring;of.able business^mpn.from" all.parts; f of..,the.;sraj>iTe.% Her /people had been' .visibly.! flattered find deeply ..impressed, but the visitors peThaps.;.had,been-far: more ;deeply 'impressed , with, Australia, an'd.'.her Iwbadrius •possibilities'.' They.^wduld'carry; away ; ;with ; thom, an intuuse! .and.;abiding'impression .of, Australia's' prosont prosperity) aiii; future greatness. , V i.- Us ••;■■; ; V-The. , correspondent; next' strongly-einphasjses. the necessity; of ;th;c',produceTs'.'of :British\ : goods ndaptihß-\thom6'elves|fe'; : AAalwri( ; .He .concludes -by/t'eciarinij that' had, the iconRress .'not'.held;'a >sfnglo'" debate;' it.:still ,vould! 'havnJaocomplished a:.grfiit work' in , Australia'. 1 The.'; visit ;had /helped ; tfcclear .misconceptiorisV:and : ;:would 'tend' to stiengthen tho. consciousness .of -ihter-depondenc?. between the.Commonwealth l,l and : the Motherland.''. - ! '•''