EMPIRE TRADE MOVEMENT

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 74, 20 December 1929, Page 7

EMPIRE TRADE MOVEMENT

SIR JAMES PARR’S MISSION RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND DELAYED London, December 18. Sir James Parr, in a statement, said: “I had intended in a few days to embark on a rush visit to New Zealand, where I would have stayed a fortnight to see friends. Unfortunately my associates in the Empire Trade movement are most anxious for me to begin my new mission in March. I must therefore delay my return to New Zealand until the‘end "Of 1930. The promoters have asked me to be one of their chief spokesmen and organisers, and also secretary. The duties include considerable speech-making in the provinces. I have accepted the appointment, largely because I feel I can at present do better work here for New Zealand and her great primary industries than I could there. When I return to New Zealand I hope to engage in some useful service for the country.” Sir James Parr’s friends are wondering whether his new activities will lead to his entrance into British politics. COMMERCIAL TREATIES NOT WANTED WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES London, December 18. The executive committee of the British Empire League unanimously decided that in view of the forthcoming Imperial Conference, it was most undesirable for the Imperial Government to conclude any reciprocal commercial treaty with any foreign country, or make a declaration on foreign policy likely to hamper the freest examination of all available methods of further promoting Empire trade relations. The resolution added that the Imperial Government should be urged to negotiate with the Dominions for separate reciprocal commercial agreements for a period of years. MARKETING BOARD PUBLICITY TO DOMINIONS’ GOODS . London, December 18. In the House of Commons, asked If the Empire Marketing Board would refrain from giving publicity to goods from those Dominions which restricted imports of British manufacturers, Mr. W. Lunn, Dominions Under-Secretary, said that the principles on which the board worked had often been specified, and it would be inconsistent with its policy to show the suggested discrimination.