DECISIVE WEEK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 187, 9 August 1932, Page 7

DECISIVE WEEK.

OTTAWA DECISIONS.

New Zealand Delegation Spends Busy Week-End. DAIRY PRODUCE AGREEMENT. (United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 10 a.m.) OTTAWA, August 8. Mr. "W. Downie Stewart and Mr. H. S. Gullett, of the New Zealand and _ Australian delegations to the Empire Economic Conference, and their full staffs, remained hard at work all the week-end. They do not expect to have a moment's leisure in the next 10 days.

If present promises are fulfilled this will be the decisive week of the conference, which should end—everyone believes with an adequate measure of success—in time to permit the British delegation to embark at Quebec on August 20.

The British and Canadian delegations continued their discussions exchanging ideas on mutual trade concessions and aiming at. an early agreement. The Britishers also met other Dominion delegations, making further substantial progress. Irish Delegate Returning Home. The Free State Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Ryan, accompanied by the Secretary of. the Department, Mr. Meyrick, is leaving for home to-night. It is officially announced, in view of avoiding misinterpretation that the departure does not involve any change in the Free State position at the conference. Dr. Ryan has an important agricultural report to prepare for Dublin. The remaining delegates are continuing their active co-operation in the conference committees.

The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company is arranging an extensive tour of the industrial, agricultural and scenic districts of Canada, immediately after the conf "ence. However, it is not certain whether many of the delegates will be able to spare the time to take advantage of the opportunity. Those who are not going to Britain probably will wish to return to the Dominions without delay for the purpose of implementing the decisions reached at Ottawa.

All the British delegates took part in a round table conference on currency last evening.

Messrs. Bruce and Coates say their respective negotiations with Britain have proceeded well. The indications are that the Australian negotiations have gone the farthest. Then come those of India, New Zealand and South Africa, with Canada last.

Canada was late in formulating her programme. It is authoritatively stated that her proposed concessipns to Britain represent the maximum she considers she can give. However, there may yet be important modifications. There is every hope of a thorough understanding before very long.

The industrial advisers to the various delegations from the Dominions are having valuable conferences with Canadian Government research experts on fruit and vegetable diseases, peste and parasites, also on the latest scientific methods of cheese-making.

The Dominions have reached a complete agreement for submission to Britain in regard to dairy products as follows:—Tariffs on foreign products with the Dominions' products free. Cheese, 2d a lb; casein, ljd a lb; skim milk powder, ljd a lb; full cream milk powder, 2d a lb; condensed and evaporated milk, 6/ a cwt, plus sugar duty; eggs, 2d a dozen; honey, Id a lb.