TRADE AND COMMERCE.

Taihape Daily Times, 11 September 1919, Page 3

TRADE AND COMMERCE.

..____o_..._ I EXTENSION OF THE CONSULAR SERVICE . LONDON, Sept. 8. The report of the'Grovernment Com-I mittec .on the question of Government i machinery in. dealing with trade and} commerce. vcco-mmexiads ‘the C~oD.S\ll=ll‘l service remain under the Foreign Office, l but the Board of Trade should have a voice in selections and promotions in the consular, commercial, and diplomatic service. The Board rejects Sir Auckland Geddes’ suggestion for the appointment of permanent Board of Trade attaches {alt the Bmitish Em..bassies as being unnecessary and likely to cause friction, but the Board of Trade should be empowered to send special missions abroad. The Board of ’l.‘r-ado should remain responsible for: the general commercial policy, while the department of overseas tnade should be charged with the duty and give elfect thereto. Finally the diplomatic and consular service shsould make the‘ fullest use of opportunities for consulting British. -Chambers of Commerce abroad i