RECIPROCAL TRADE.
DOMINIONS AND BRITAIN
' SPEECH BY HON. W. A. WATT
(By C»b!«.—Pr««# Aesoclation.—Copyright)
(Received May 7th, 9.50 p.m.) LONDON, May 7
The Hon. W. A. Watt, Premier of Victoria, in a paper read before the Royal Colonial Institute dealing with the Commonwealth Constitution, referring to reciprocal trade, said that John BuU, junior, had a right to speak ■ freely in the House of John Bull, *tenior- Personally, he was more than ever convinced of the insecurity of an insular community depending on a foreigner for two-fifths of its food. The Dominions were rich to suffocation iR productive powers, and Providence ' clearly intended that they should have * partnership in inter-Imperial trade. Sir Joseph Ward declared that there were difficulties in th© way of reciprocal trade, and instanced the Jjew Zealand efforts in 1895 with • waada and South Africa.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14660, 8 May 1913, Page 7
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