TRADE CONFERENCE
FOSTERING CLOSER RELATIONS WITH CANADA. Ottawa, May 31. In welcoming the West Indian delegates to tho conference to foster closer trade relations with Canada, Iho Duke of Devonshire (Governor-General) pointed out that the real question at issue was that of making the futwe- of the Empire secure. If the Empire was selfsunporting security was .unquestionable. Colonel L. C. Airier}', representing the Colonial Office, emphasised the Imperial aspect of tho conference, and said ho hoped the outcome would bo a widening of tho existing trado preference between the Dominion and tho West Indies. The Hon. E. St. John Branch, Attor-ney-General for Jamaica, said that the colony was prepared to entor whole-heart-edly into any great scheme for tlie consolidation of" tho Empire. Representatives from all tho West Indies were present—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 212, 2 June 1920, Page 7
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132TRADE CONFERENCE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 212, 2 June 1920, Page 7
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