THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

Bush Advocate, Volume XXI, Issue 304, 28 June 1909, Page 4

THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

• — /Preparations for the Empire Trade Congress, which, is to be held in Sydney in September next, are in progress. At first sight it seems strange that commercial representatives of the greatest commercial country in the world should come io the antipodes to conduct their deliberations. There is, Jhowever, a very laudable desire to show honor and esteem to the Greater Britain beyond the seas,, and the visit, moreover, is obviously regarded by some of the delegates as a kind of missionary enterprise, -which will have good results in the instruction of the benighted. For instance, the Canadian Manufacturers' Association has already carried a resolution in favor of preferential .trade between the outlying portions of- the Empire, and another in favor of uniform systems of currency, weights and measures. The London Chamber is solicit<ms about Imperial naval supremacy. f The Association of Chambers of Commerce of Sauth Africa has tabled a motion condemning the use for export purposes of the small cornsacks which a too paternal Government has made compulsory in Australia. The Leeds Chamber warmly advocates universal military training. Sheffield desires that the income tax now levied by New Zealand and some of the Australian States on sales made by British commercial travellers should be abolished. New Zealand desires that Australia should contribute to the cost of a first-class light on the Snares. These are only samples of the topics which are to be discussed. It will be seen that the bill-of-fare is a very varied one.