COMMERCIAL DELEGATES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 217, 19 October 1909, Page 2

COMMERCIAL DELEGATES.

ENTERTAINED AIT WELLINGTON.

By Telegraph.—Press Asjochttioa. Wellington, Last Night. The British Chambers of Commerce delegates had beautiful weather for their entertainment in Wellington today. A large party were taken out to Day's Bay for an excursion and luncheon, the ITon. T. Mackenzie acting as guide.

Speaking at the luncheon, in proposing the toast of the visitors, Mr. Mackenzie said while the Old Country whs increasing her import and export trade, she was not doing so proportionately with rival countries. She should send her surplus population to the younger dependencies of the Empire, not let tbcni go to help build up other nations, Was there room in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and Soutb Africa to accommodate Britain's surplus? (Cries of "Ycs'i. If so, could markets be found for the products raised within the Empire? Jn this respect, the question of preferential trade ought to lie taken seriously in hand, not by politicians, but by competent commercial men. The toast was responded to by Mr. ilohn Scott (Dover) and Mr. L. Foster (York), both of whom expressed warm appreciation of the hospitable way in which they had .been received. The delegates wcr« entertained (by the Ministry at a big reception this afternoon at the Prime Minister's residence. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Plunket were present. To-night a large number of the delegates were entertained by the Yorkshre Society.