COMMERCIAL MEN IN CONFERENCE

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2412, 18 March 1915, Page 5

COMMERCIAL MEN IN CONFERENCE

TRADE WITHIN THE EMPIRE. (Reo. March 17, 10.15 p.m.) Hobart, March 17.. At the annual conference of the Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce resolutions were carried affirming voluntary tribunals o£ "arbitration .'llor the settlement of commercial and other disputes; the of a; wjreless station at Solomon Islands- and -other racinc islands; the metric system of weights and measures, and dccimal coinage; a uniform marine .' insurance policy covering all risks from warehouse "■ to warehouse; an amendment to tho shipping law so that captured ships may-i bo moved from one British "port to aii-'. : other without the "vexations' delays' " which recently occurred; the lioldirig''of-V a conferencc of representatives of ship--'' owners and importers'_ with a view to arriving at some solution of the proK- ' Jem as to tho non-liability of shipping companies in respect to the delivery of goods, except at tho ship's flings, - The conference protested against'the in-" creased light dues and-double..income tax. It was decided to. request thu Commonwealth Government to open negotiations with tlie British, .New'-.Zca«-v land, and Canadian .Governments, with a viow to securing a substantial Tcduc-.-. tion of tho cablo rates. It was resolved that as the'present timo is opportune for .strengthening ,thp, , commercial relations between. Australia, Canada, and Now Zealand, the Common-v wealth Government bo requested' to '• open negotiations. ; u