DOMINIONS' COMMISSION.
.SCIENTIFIC TEST OF PRODUCTS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, January lfi. At (lie <J)oininions Commission, Mr. Harris, chief clerk in the Colonial Office, testified to the success of the scheme, whereby the scientific department of the Imperial Institute examined the economic and food plants, and other products of the dominions. The payment for this work was by fees, for twelve months. The trial yielded £2OO in fees, so the Institute decided to continue, the. work permanently. He regretted that Australians and New Zealanders failed to use the seicntilic department more freely. Canada utilised it to investigate a new variety of wvlieat. P.KST ROITK TO AUSTRALIA. FOR LAKCE VESSELS. Received IS, 5.5 p.m. London, .January IT. At the Dominion*' Commission, Professor Biles said there were difficulties in deepening the Suez Canal, therefore the Cape was Hie best route to Australia for the large, deep-draughted vessels of the future.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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148DOMINIONS' COMMISSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 171, 19 January 1914, Page 5
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