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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1919, Page 5

MOTHER COUNTRY.

GOVERNMENT TRADE POLICY, PREMIER'S STATEMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.— Copyr'ght. Received Aug. 22, 915 p.m. London, Aug. 21. The Premier, prior to his departure on a holiday in France, took the unusual course of issuing a full summary of his recent speech on Government policy regarding trade, industry, and labor, because "his policy had been obscured by the discussion of one or two highly controversial points which, though important, bear only upon a small portion of the Government programme." The Premier also announces fresh proposals not previously mentioned, and says that if the committee of the National Industrial Conference fails to agree on the unemployment question the Government may make proposals in the name of the community. The Government will immediately establish a committee to inquire into the diminution of the coal output. The Government is also taking steps to increase general efficiency by extending technical education for managers and workers, and encouraging industrial research. An Inventions Department will be established to encourage standardisation in British industry. A commission is now considering the minimum prices for agricultural products for 1920, but delay is probable. The Government will, therefore, undertake to continue the existing rates for twelve months. Legislation will be introduced in the autumn to combat the harmful effect of trusts and combinations— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. KEEPING UNDESIRABLES UNDER OBSERVATION. London, Aug. 10. The new aliens' restrictiou order continues many wartime embargoes. Enemy aliens must obtain the Homo Secretary's permission to land. Other aliens must obtain permits from the Immigration Officer, which may be refused if the alien is indigent, mentally deficient, or if he cannot show that a job awaits him. Many provisions regulate aliens' movements after admission.