COMMERCIAL CONGRESS,

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1467, 15 June 1912, Page 5

COMMERCIAL CONGRESS,

.COOPERATION- IN; DEFENCE;

■''"'■i--/£V&'j'* f *fssf;-.i6nAi>i\, : June ;:.'::Th'e^Chamber;.of,Commerce Congress disvcusse<l?tho question of the,, desirability of rflici.various-parts, of. the Empire co-opornfc-]ng?fprfiational?defence, and.urged the .■respective" Governments to n«r«o to a prucat;an , early' date; ',':'■;■ . Btvong - dissent hy. tho : . Congress, the Montreal I'llelegaUon'.withdr'ew. a-niotioii,to the effect iitiiatvtii.e Dominions..were"'doing their part 2'i>yfdevptinif;their..revcnues to the developjmentjpfctheiriown^resoiirces^;•<■■. : ; . : -i-. s -. ■■■■;;irr;S:^A; : ;Coirfiifar^ : of Wellington, said itb^ : ;New; for. coinpulis6'ry)3tTMninf/l\yas^not"coiinfcted with- par-s^u^-^-!.Mle^POT'e>-.^en('c^.':^y: :thWp'ressv.;;:i;:^-."y^^V/y ■■^■:te: ! ,^;M^,, JenKn9;\.ex : : Aß?u't-Gene , ral'for So'.itli : Australia^-said^tii'at :■ if> adop'ed' Aliis: i'Australiaiii.'Syslcm ■■ eho/'would;.have-iiiric:iiillion;;tiained-lads/>l: S/" : /.:/': ; '. v :;.

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