EMPIRE'S RESOURCES

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 235, 22 June 1918, Page 8

EMPIRE'S RESOURCES

j' 'MUST BE MADE BETTER USE OF i " ~ ! A DOMINIONS' OFFICE |.\ ' NECESSARY j . p „ _ ■ London, June 20. L llr - C. G, ' Wade ' Agent-General for !■; ; Mew South Wales, speaking at a luncheon • fat the Colonial Institute, said he hoped . ;(that the.old system which iounil us preI. ; fared to buy in the, cheapest market and ! I go.'ahead m blind coniidence in our j, j neighbours- was over. AVe; must make !■.. i, tetter use of our resources in tho future I y.than. we had done in llie past. Ho re--1 ,'ferred, to the great mineral resources of j ." VAuslraJia... ..None, could predict what iAustralia's wheat output would be | through, the application of science and ■'energy. The ignoranco. about the Do- ■ minions in some quarters was lamentable r The Secretary, of State for. the Colonies, i while anxious to foster closer sympathy ;. '■. with the colonies, was working with obso- ;.'. lete machinery. v : The very name of the .Colonial' Office :• Was out of date. It was necessary to ■■;• have a Dominions' Office, staffed by'men who had served an apprenticeship in -' overseas studies, operations, and liberal' i>;■ institutions, anil who understood tho j..; working of democratic minds. If.new '{:'■ .life were'breathed into the dry old bones j : .'■ of .officialdom, much might be a'ceomI: •■.-:. plished to bring the-Empiro into closer f> -unity. i". '< Sir Charles Lucas said it would have f,.;. been much better if Australia had been !,. peopled with British stock and not with ■.bo'many from Southern Europe. "So f. .long as we-and America controlled tho [: eoa, he added, Germany would never be- |) ■■. come dominant;—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.