MARKETS OF EMPIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 9

MARKETS OF EMPIRE.

AID OF THE GOVERNMENT. IMPERIAL ECONOMIC COMMITTEE. LONDON, March 31. In the House of Commons, answering a question, Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions, announced the decision of the Imperial -Government in regard to recommendations by the Imperial Economic Committee on the subject of the proposed grant in furtherance of Empire marketing. Mr. Amery said it was intended to set aside £500,000 during the financial year 1920-27, and to provide a million pounds during 1927-2 S. A special vote will be submitted to Parliament for the administration of the grant and this will be entrusted to the Under-Secretary of Dominion Affairs, assisted by a Commission consisting of representatives of the Dominions' Office, the Treasury, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Scottish Health Department, and members nominated by the Secretary of State in consultation with the chairman of the Imperial Economic Committee. This body will be directed to include Home agricultural produce within the scope of the grant, and an additional j member of the Imperial Economic Committee will be appointed to represent Home agricultural interests. A Labour member asked for an assurance that the importation of Empire materials which were produced by unfair labour conditions would be discouraged. Mr. Amery expressed the opinion that Labour conditions throughout the Empire compared favourably with condij tions in other parts of the world.— (Reuter).