THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE

Evening Star, Issue 7183, 11 April 1887, Page 2

THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE

[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Special to Press Association.]

LONDON, April 7. (Received April 10, 1887, at 10.30 am)

The Conference has closed without any practical result. The Anglo-Australian penny postal scheme was blocked.

The representatives from New South Wales and Victoria proposed an amendment to the bankruptcy law in the direction of making it reciprocal throughout the colonies. They argued that the bankruptcy laws of the various colonies have culminated in a complete failure, owing to the diversity of the conditions.

The proposals submitted for the defeince of the colonies were very indefinite, especially with regard to an Imperial fleet. A discussion with reference to the defence of the .colonial ports was begun, and the delegates thought that the c, glomes should only be called on to maintain these defences after they had been constructed. The Imperial Government are “trimming,” apparently with a desire to obtain as much support as possible from the colonies, but the attitude taken up by the Victorian representatives will probably encourage the Government to modify the proposals submitted.