COLONIES OF FRANCE.
IDEAL OF EMPIRE. LARGER SELF-SUPPORT. PARIS, January 2. M. Loueheur, in a speech on France's colonial policy, deprecated the dependence of France on Britain and the United States for wool and cotton. He declared that it was undoubtedly possible for the French colonies to furnish France with her supplies of wool and cotton. The Ministry for the Colonies recently appealed directly to those interested, and the Tourcoing Chamber of Commerce sent Merino sheep to Madagascar. After the rainy season there it will be possible to say if they are becoming acclimatised. A similar experiment is being tried in the valley of the Niger and in Morocco. M. Loueheur estimated that within 10 years France would be largely independent of foreign wool imports.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5
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