CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17771, 24 May 1923, Page 9

CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

CONFERENCE AT BRISBANE.

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(Received May 23rd, 7.15 p.m.) BRISBANE. May *23. The Australian Chambers of Commerce coniercnee resolved that united action be tal: en to better advertise Australian goods abroad, and to counter the movement jij Britain for the prohibition of the importation of flour. Other resolutions favoured immediate completion of the F-ederal capital at Canberra, and the removal of the seat of Government thither : endorsing the iiinie Minister s support of preferential trade within the Empire; promoting British immigration into the Commonwealth y subsidising a shipping company with refrigerated tonnage to make regular sailings to Far East ports; urging the Federal and State Governments to limit Government ownership of certain public utilities, and the creation of Conciliation Boards for various industries in place 0 f compulsory arbitration. A motion in. fa vour of a reduction in the duty on Fiji bananas, with a view to regaining for Australia sortie of the lost Fijian trade, was negatived. The opponents of the motion argued it was an attempt to promote banana culture by coloured races at the expense of the "White Australia" policy. The conference elected Sir Mark Sheldon president for the coming year.