FOR OTTAWA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 124, 27 May 1932, Page 9

FOR OTTAWA.

DELEGATES CHOSEN.

CONFERENCE OF EMPIRE. THREE MINISTERS TO GO. FOUR ADVISERS SELECTED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Prime Minister, the Right Hon. G. W. Forbes, issued the following statement to-night:— During the past few months the f!overnment has been devoting lengthy ami careful consideration to the policy to be adopted by the Dominion at the Imperial Economic Conference at Ottawa. They are now in a position to announce the personnel of the delegation and the general principles by which they will be guided. The delegation will consist of:

Right Hon. G. W. Forbes, Prime Minister.

Right Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister of Public Works and Employment. Hon. W. Downie Stewart, Minister of Finance and Customs.

The New Zealand representatives will be accompanied by the following, who will be officially attached to the delegation in the capacity of advisers:—Mr. D. Jones, representing the Meat Producers' Board; Mr. W. Goodfellow, representing the Dairy Produce Board; Mr. H. E. Napier, representing the Fruit Export Control Board and Fruitgrowers' Federation; Sir Francis Boys, representing the New Zealand Farmers' Union; and a representative of the New Zealand Manufacturers' Association, who has not yet been nominated. The expenses of these advisers will not, of course, be borne by the Government. It is possible other interests may wish to send representatives, whose applications will be considered.