IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 18 March 1904, Page 2

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

A TRADE COMMISSION. LONDON, March 10. In the House of Lords Karl We- . Jiiyss asked for the appointment of a smull commission to inquire into the prospects of trade. Viscount (joschen supported tho request, and said it was desirable to have an expert opinion on exports and imports of the homo trade in neutral markets. Real information is wanted on methods of valuation. lie referred to a book written b.v Senator Pulsford, of New South Wales, dealing with Australian trade, to show how easy it was to miscalculate the real exports und imports of England mid Australia. Karl Spencer opposed the proposThe Marques of Lnasdowne, Se'••lary of State for Foreign A«airn, said the Government did not think a commission necessary for its limited policy. THE HUSH EDUCATION VOTE. LONDON, March 10, The Standard, commenting on Mr Redmond's division on tho Irish Education vote, says lack of discipline in the Ministerial ranks might have been avoided had the intrusive fiscal issue been firmly and unequivoenbly excluded when the split began. Tt now enfeebles, though it is hoped it has not shattered, the whole body of Unionists.