BRITISH POLITICS.
THE FISCAL QUESTION.
By Tslograph— Press Assoolatlon—Copyright Received 10.46 p.m., Jan 6.
London, Jan 6. Mt MacDonald, on behalf of the British labour representation committeo, haß written to Senator Stewart, of Queensland, expressing bearty pleasure that the Commonwealth labor party bas taken no notion in connection with preferential trade, whioh was receiving the almost unanimous opposition of organised labor In the motherland. He hoped for the continuance of tko cordial relations of the two parties. He suggested an occasional conference to enable thorn to agree on an imperial polioy. Mr MacDonald has also written to Mr Watson, expressing a hope that whenever tho people’s decision on preferential trade is known the labor parties of all the self-governing colonies may work harmoniously on all imperial questions with representatives of organised labor in the motherland.
The South Australian Agent-General, interviewed by the Standard, states that if England does not shortly enter into a preferential arrangement with Australia, he believed Australia would make a commercial treaty with some other power.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1347, 6 January 1905, Page 2
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