IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 October 1923, Page 3

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

AUSTRALIAN AND N'.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION FEDKKA L I’ll KM I ICR. I.ONDOX, Oct. I. Mr Rruco, wl'o left Paris, was delay- ” rd Init ho crossed in the afternoon. .Mi;. MASSEY'S HOPES. LONDON. (Id. Tlio lit. lien \V. K. Alnsscy, interviewed 1 1 y the Australian Press Association. <-x | >l:i i i I that the Imperial Conference. having cut through tie* f preliminaries, was now sett ling dow 11 t« work. The Conference was. in this rouped, a day or two in advance of the lit'Jf one. as was shown liy a enmparisoit with the first week’s proceedings of the two Conferences. The agenda also, on this oeeasioo, were more ad vaoced, as was evidenced t i-day. when loiitters relation t■ > trade, fioaoee. erminiiinieations anil similar praeliealil ies were referred to the eoiiiinittees and ■ expert advisers. With each day's proceedings. .Mr .Massey said lie lelt increasingly eonfideiil that this conlcrenee would he fruitful of practical results. A eommiilii(|iie states: Sir P. I.lovd (jirealue submitted to the Economic Conference a draft agenda | repared for the (ioreriimeiit as ahasis lor discussion.

The conference preliminarily considered the measures to improve Imperial '■trad *, including provision of facilities fur use by the Dominions, |ndia and the eulonies of the .British rommereial and diplomatic consulate ullices and vice versa. / LONDON. o*l. 1. The Jockey ( lull Inis decided tu invite tin* Dominions’ Premiers to witness the Cambridgeshire Slakes a.s the Clllli’s guests. LONDON. Oct. u. .Mr Bruce, Australian Premier, is expected to arrive in London on Friday morning in time to attend the Imperial Conference, when Lord ( nrzuii proposes to deliver an important exposition of foreign affairs. AM IOHICAN CON I* ESS I ON. NFW YOltK. Oct. I. T" The “New Turk World,” in cninmenting nil the puiiev proposed at the British Empire Conference at London, to keep all trade as far as po-.sihlc witliin the Kmpire, declares: "‘The people of the Cuited States are thu last people in the world who could coinplain should Britain buy less from them. We have an economic policy today. which invites exactly such a policy as the Biitish are thinking about. Wo have a policy aimed to make imports difficult. We need not be surprised il the British answer to our tariff against imports lie a policy that is aimed to reduce our exports.’’ ■j. FFDFIt A L P|{ KM I KB. (Received this day at I 1.2 d a.nO LONDON. Oct. All* Brace Ims arrived at Dover.