COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
A GREAT EMPIRE-MAKING MACHINE, > (Received August 11, 10.31 p.ralivC' LONDON, August'll. . Mr Balfour, replying to Colonel' Howard' Vincent's quvuttoft 'suggesting an Imperial Conference on Uie fiscal situation in tlio Empire! and Mr Charles . McArttiur's suggestion « for the appointment ol « Royal Oommission or other suitable tribunal,' wherein the'"colonies should baTre. presented, to inquire Into fiscal and' other measures to enable ttoMetftarland and colonies to co-operat»]n de-» ■ * fraico. Imperial trade, and the promotion o( freer trade wittita tite Em? pirc, said the House was '-kmtfH that two conferences), the self-governing colonies, h«H been held witMn the past tew years, and in his opinion that had been,, one of the greatest additions to the mat, chinory of the Empire ever made,' W , iioped conferences would 6e freijuent* ly repeated, but did not propose tot' ~ take any steps at tho present moment with reference to the subJeeV ■
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 187, 12 August 1904, Page 2
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145COLONIAL CONFERENCE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 187, 12 August 1904, Page 2
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