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Hokitika Guardian, 14 September 1928, Page 3

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Australian Press Assn.—United Service EMPIRE TRADE. VANCOUVER, Sept. 13. Tom Johnston, of Scotland, thought a policy which wanted picked men, capital, and markets, without,counterveiling advantages offered to the people in Britain would need a lot of explaining in' the Old Land. Mr Hudson .(Labour M.P. for Huddersfield) said Britain wanted to sell British goods in order to buy Canadian goods.

Herbert Williams could not see why Canada was unable to absorb more than 40 per cent of British immigration, as she did before the ‘war. Ho pointed out that Britain, through the Empire Marketing Board, was building propaganda for Empire goods in Britain, and he urged Canada to do the same. VANCOUVER, Sept. 14. At the joint conference of the Board of Trade and the Empire Parliamentarians to-day, Hon Noswortliy urged that we should get down to fundamentals and consider not only immigration within the Empire, but how all interests of the Empire might be consolidated. David Kirkwood, a Scottish Labour member, caused amusement when he declared that what Canada required 'was a Socialist Republic.

IRELAND’S ATTITUDE. (Received this day at 12.25 p.m.) VANCOUVER, Sept. 13. Speaking at the Canadian Club, T. J. O’Connell declared Ireland was not and never can be a daughter of England. He said: “Do not misunderstand me, when I say Ireland will never regard England as the Mother Country. She is herself a Mother Country. We aro 'friends and the friendship will continue firm as long ns the present status is recognised.’’