TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 5

TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

MR. PRICE'S MISSION. TOSTERN PORTS—IMPORTANCE OF BRISTOL. . DY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. London, March 26. Mr. Price, South Australian Premier, responding ;to the toast of his health at. a Chamber of Commorco banquet,- declared that he possessed the, confidence of every banker and morchant, in South .Australia. ■Ho. wished to romove tho fears and misconceptions entertained > here regarding Australian politics.; .His : -advice- was:—"Do .not judge until,you understand." His object in visiting..Bristol. was to- malco : commercial, friends, facilitate the .salo of flour, fruit, wheait,... wool, and wino,! explain the development of South /Australia, and indicato that there was plenty of■ land. available' on easy i terms/, and that; there was room'.there, for millions. . When,,-lie, added, a farthing-, per pound was allowed on mutton, South-..Aus-tralian ;.trade. Would, trend towards. Bnstol. . MhW. Howell Davies, M.P., chairman of the Bristol Docks, considerqd Mr. Price's doscription/,0f;.. dovelopment was almost;like a fairy tale. The possibilities of the State soemed inimitable. . -Bristol,' ho said, enjoyed :goographjcal advantages which South .Australia should .consider. Ho warned ..them/not to(undervalue' the Argentine trade. ' If , closer 'trade relations wore established witli ■ South Australia, tho man-agers-of-. tho Bristol clocks would do th.eir utmost te facilitate the handling 'aiid .distritutionj'of shipments. • ' ' BRISTOL—OLD AND NEW.- .' It is hoped- that,' early in tho .month of July,' tho King will open ■ the new , Bristol docts, whioh, Sir. Birrell- stated in a recent speech, will be .able ,to contain :Dreadnoußlits even of the latest and largest size.V.riie Secretary for Ireland -was speaking at tlio time before the Bristol Chamber' of Commorco, talcing the . place; of the. Prihie,Minister,; who had fallen suddenly ill.. Mri ; .Birroll -found himself, a native of 'Liverpool, acclaiming Bristol's effort, "as Liverpool's rival, ,to extend her trade and regain' her ancient position. After .'a passing jokp'.on this subject, he .:went 011 to' say:- • ' 7' , ' " Tho trade of BristoL was an ancient trade, older and more. romantio in its history than that of tho port of. Liverpool. Therd was a time when Bristol seemed rather'disjoosed . to rest upon its oars, but-those days! wero over, and. BristoMans were ready to l enter, into competißon with tho wide world. _ Its geographical' situation, must commend * itself .to every business: man; If thoy; could only, have these great sheds filled with goods, and if they .could liav'e ' ships . constantly .coming in and out of their magnificent docks, they ' would' havo' by their shore' a prosperous,'; and ~ho trusted a well-educated, a loyal, and happy community, and-' every one so far ' as they contribntbd to that (jreat end Would , be : doing v something towairds the'promotion of peace and. concord; (Cheers.) . . . He hoped they would be brought closer and oloser in 'contact 1 with the. great Dominion of-, Canada, that they would interchange with her their goods, and he trusted, for .her good .that they would, bo brought nearer arid hearer to hor people. -'