PRIVATE SESSION

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 282, 23 July 1932, Page 5

PRIVATE SESSION

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COMMITTEES TO BE SET UP

-By Telegraph — Copyright)

OTTAWA, Friday. The conference was resumed privately this afternoon. It was decided to appoint five eommittees to examine: — 1. Trade within the Empire. 2. Customs administration. 3. Foreign treaties, involving Britain's favoured nation arrangements. 4. Monetary and financial questions. 5. Methods for economic and industrial co-operation. The last-named eommittee's discussions are expected to result in the establishment of an Empire economic general staff as recommended in 1930 by the Federation of British Industries and Trades Union Council. probably absorbing the Imperial Economic Committee and Empire Marketing Board. Mr. Bruce, while at the 1926 conference, actively sponsored the idea of industrial co-operation, and so impressed Mr. Baldwin that he made it a feature of his policy speeches. The latest Anglo-Canadian iron, steel and leather agreements lead to the hope that Canada will give substantial backing to the idea, which may be developed during the conference. The Canadian Government entertained the delegates and 1000 prominent citizens at a banquet at the Chateau. Two hundred newspapermen were entertained at dinner by the Royal Ottawa Golf Club, when Mr. Manion, Minister of Railways presided and Mr. Gwynne, editor of the Morning Post responded on behalf of the guests. Messrs Bruce, Coates and Havenga have arranged for an opportunity to deliver "business" speeches at tomorrow's plenary session, giving details of their preference plans.