STRONGER THAN STEEL

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 December 1923, Page 7

STRONGER THAN STEEL

SILKEN TIES OF EMPIRE. STRENGTH—:NXNG TRADE BOND. MUST STAND TOGETHTR. (By Cable. —Press Association. -Copyright.) (Keceived 1.-10 p.m > LONDON, December 7. Mr. S. M. Bruce and Mr. W. F. Massey visited Bradford to-day. At the civic luncheon, Mr. Bruce said that while they were proud of the silken ties between the Mother Country and the- Dominions, which had proved stronger than steel, it would be a mistake not to consider whether it would not be possible to strengthen the bonds materially by making trade relations closer as the years "passed. His task in coming to England was to attempt to make Britain visualise what a wonderful Empire she was the centre of, and what amazing possibilities of development there were in it. Mr. Massey said that we were m the transition stage, and if the Empire were going to prosper as we wanted it to, then the different nations and individuals in the Empire must stand together better than they had done in the past. Referring to Free Trade opposition to Imperial preference, Mr. Massey declared it.ywas possible to come nearer to real "Free Trade by what was proposed by any other way.- He believed the: time would come when there would -Joe Free Trade between the different. nations of the Empire.—(Reuter.) -'; - - -