WELLINGTON TOPICS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1932, Page 3

WELLINGTON TOPICS

NEW ZEALAND DELEGATION. BACK FROM OTTAWA. (Our own correspondent.) . WELLINGTON, Sep tern her 19. i The temporary return to ' winter ■weather and the , customary observances of the 'Sabbath Day somewhat detracted 1 from the welcome -‘ which •would have greeted the Right Hon. J. G. (Mates and his fellow travellers from the Ottawa Conf- fahcei; yesterday had -th© coiiditioiis "- been morepropitious. As it, was > the' sieturning •traveller's were giVem/a' Very- eerairil ■reception from itfe . whamtsiftfeg the. steamer dame • tsHßts e/mopr (pigs' and , a stjll rnofe fecbgidtieh as the. leader of the New Ztialaiid delegation : and his ciompa Lions stepped a short, On account of the steamer’s arrival, owing to a ! little .pressure, 'falling .on a iSundlay no official function was held either on board or on the. 'landing, but the 'personal greetings were hbtee the leas cordial on this account. The Hon. H. S. Guillett, the Commonwealth' Minister of Trade and Customs, w|io was among the ; Australian' delegates to Ottawa, .in thp course of an interview spoke in the warmest terms.-, of •his leader, Sir Stanley; Bruce, /now stationed in London. -3; ;

THE MOTHER COUNTRY. I • Though Mr -Coates is quite (satisfied that the Mother .Country will extend I to Iter -outlying ... Dominions the very I fullest advantages she can Afford, lie does not pretend to know exactly how . far her concessions will go. He is'able to confirm the report that there , will be no restriction on New Zealand’s exports of mutton and Tamb, such as h'adl been accepted by Australia; but. he declares it is incorrect to say that in other: respects the New Zealand and ( Australian Mgro iments are identical. Fe is unable to ex pain tlie full terms of the Ntew r .Zealand agreement at"the! moment, for the. reason that the Home Country intends to negotiate . with oilier countries wh.bse exports may be affected by Ottawa agreements.': Tliis reads a,? if the Home Government already was in some nieasurie embar,Passed by the Ottawa nroppsals. and that it would have to further review the situation 'before comirig to a con- • elusion. ' '.A ‘

UNSOLVED PROBLEMS.

In, its, leading pager. this morning tie ffDoiriinion” • remi-ds its' rendcrr that Mr Coates and his polleagpes hove not yet wholly solved ■'the problems confronting them. "In a general review of the decisions reached at the Imperial m Economic it says. "Mr Orates < has re-eniphasised the fact that their vhlue cannot be set down in terms of tariff preferehopp and Customs Schedules. That is true, ,'ff, course, and' 'll" m3.yvßS* later Mr Coates wffit be able to. discuss in more detail the achievements in other directions. - ''Not ,enough .'has been beard, for instayce, of the machinery of economic 00-nneration fat ideated ,at Ottawa.” Fabrication in this case, it is < scarcely necessary-, to say. is rtf the .constructive character; 'and' its application is both opportune and comprehensive. The (public-has heard a great deal of the hospitality of Ottawa during the last month op two, i but comparatively little of the. achievements of its ,guests.,;, i'hiese,', it jnust be assumed, are to come. : .’ v.

AWAITING INFORMATION

The evening paper, likevitis morning contemporary,. is awaiting 'information concerning the Ottawa -Conferehda ■which oaniiot be inunedliately supplied. In the absence of Mr Downie Stewart, who has been dispatched to London "to confer with the financiers there, Mr Coates has a Very heavy load on his, shoulders which ‘will keep him employed long after the‘-meeting of Parliament this week! “It would he unwise,” says the "Post”', “to give a. definite judgment on the results o,f the Ottawa Conference until all the facte are made known. The reference in Mr Coatesl wireless message to the "Ppst” to ‘lnadequate’ land ‘not always balanced’- reports of the'Conference, (proceedings available to the Tress and his further remarks yesterday suggest that the full facts have n't yet been disclosed,!” There the whole matter of criticism must stand for the present, but ipeainvhile it is satisfactory to hWve Mr. Coates and his colleagues at home again ,with information which must be useful to the whole community.