TRADE IN THE EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1677, 18 February 1913, Page 5

TRADE IN THE EMPIRE.

BBITISH COMMISSION Etf MELBOURNE. $j sW«gr*pWres» Aiiooiation-Oopjrign* (Heo. Fobruary 17, 9.40 p.m.) Melbourne, February 17. Speaking at tho official welcome at tho Town Hall to the Empire Trade Commission, the- Federal ..Attornej.Qeneral (Mr. W. M. Hushes), said that the, people, ot the Empire had been pottering about like ohildren or wages In tho dark;,,"We should realiw," he said, "that we have a. relation to one another) that our loyalty ho useful if constant, .continuous, and, iu short, a real factor. Wo in Anstfalia are doing Uttlo moi;e than soratching about with anaemio hands," , Sir Edgar Vincent, ohairman. of- the Commission, in reply, said that the Commission marked a, definite epoch m our Imperial development. It wa9 the first flxtog squadron, attached to a mighty fleet-r-that of Imperial conference. Theif ta;esioa was to visit t\-n territory of all th,* autonomous Governments, consult . with the- authorities-, and with, tr.ade and commerce tepi#sontative& in these Domlnionsi and lay tho faots before the Ira* perlal Government. There- have been "all England eleTeng," "all Australian elavens/', bnfc for the first time we now hare an "Empire eleven." > "We are here," ho concluded, "to co-operate with you. We, desire to Increase la an especial degree on? inter-ImpenaMrade," , [ , ' i irii t "■ n , *»» i ewer: