BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

Hokitika Guardian, 26 January 1925, Page 2

BRITISH & FOREIGN NEWS

it'BTKALIAN AND N.Z. IAIII.E ABBOOIATION. ST. PAUL’S FUND. LONDON. January 21. With :t view to making St. Paul’s Cathedral preservation fund an Empire matter, the “ Times ” lias requested the co-operation of the Australian Press Association in making an appeal for subscriptions which it has inaiigerated. The response in Britain has already been remarkable, over twelve thousand individuals subscribing L p I Iid,ODD. The fund is still mounting h.v several thousands daily. The first cheque for L‘loo,ooo was handed over to the Dean and Chapter on Friday. TRADE REQUEST. LONDON. Jan. 23. A deputation from the provision trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce waited on Hon Neville Chamberlain, in reference to the recommendations of the committee oil preservatives, cabled on Nov. 20th., and urged that in deciding to what extent the recommendations should be enforced, ihe Ministry of Health should take advice from exports, including representatives of trade interests. Mr Chamberlain said he proposed shortly to circularise draft regulations, on which be will Id welcome the fullest discussion, he tween bis expert advisers and members of the trade. He also promised before any regulations were brought into effect, he Mould give full and careful consideration to everything the deputation had suggested.

FA VOIR TNG EM TG R ATT ON. LONDON, Jan.'24. Speaking at a lupeheon given by tile Overseas League attended by officials and representatives of all the Domin- '"*■ Sir Bird wood, referring to the Dominions said they preferred to legat'd the sea as miitimr. not dividing the Empire. He hoped no false economy would lead to a reduction of the Navy. He emphasised the greatest crop the Dominion could produce, Mas a crop ol births of children. He went on to urge that migration should he fostered among men of high education, intelligence and wider perspective. If confined to the labourer emigrant they would lose touch with the Old Country, while men of education and imagination were better able to spread the doctrine of uhat the Dominions were doing among the people of the Motherland. Therefore he advocated the* Dominions appointing special officers to foster migration from the public schools.

FOOD COMMISSION. LONDON. Jail. 23. J. Ward. Vice-Chairman of the Meat Company of Argentine told the Food Commission that lie was one of the pioneers of the trade. He did the pioneer work in the Midlands and Yorkshire on behalf of New Zealand, when she began exporting meat. He went to Argentine in 1895 and dressed cattle t with Ins own hands, in order to show what Britain required. English butchers ought to make a living out of t| e profits on selling choice joints of chilled beef at a shilling per pound, and selling inferior cuts at a higher price than the present, by preparing them hotter. He had been Chairman of the Freight Committee of South American exporters; the; object of which was to maintain a steady flow to prevent gluts. He denied the Committee discussed prices.