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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 37, 18 May 1916, Page 6

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military etiquette. [United Press Association.] (Received 10.50 a.m.) Melbourne, May 18. In the Senate; Mr Pearce refused to abolish the practice of saluting officers outside military operations, AFTER THE WAR. COMMERCE SUGGESTIONS. (Received 10.50 a.m.) Sydney, May 18. The Chambers of Commerce Conference carried a motion urging the abolition of price-fixing Boards, thus preventing the possibility of exploitation. The Conference approved ol preferential tariffs within the Empire and preferential trade with Allied nations; the fair and reasonable treatment of neutrals; the surtax against the nations that forced Britain into war; the adoption of permanent measures to prevent the dumping of enemy goods within the Empire. Post-war resolutions were forwarded to the Conference which sits in London in June.