TRADE.

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2857, 31 January 1916, Page 2

TRADE.

RESTRICTIONS AT HOME

(Received January 31 820 a.m.) London, January 30. The Hon. Walter Ruuciman, President of the Board of Trade, presided at 16 important trade conferences during the week, deciding the details of the expected proclamation regarding paper, building materials, and wood which will be issued in a few days, and concerning fruit- and tobacco within a fortnight. The Daily Mail states "that the importation ol all fruit is prohibited except bananas, and consumption is restricted to home grown. The Board of Trade has determined that merchants with accumulated stocks shall not be allowed to make extortionate profits.

(Received January 31, 9.30 a.m.)

London, January 30. Tho Glasgow Chamber of Commerce urged the Goyernuneut to establish a department of commerce and industry, under a Minister with Cabinet rank, to consult the Dominions with a. view to reciprocal trading laws dealing with enemy firms, and also suggested reciprocal tariffs between the Empire and her allies.