EMPIRE PREFERENCE
CHANCELLOR THANKED.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, July 9. A group of Members of’the House of Commons who either were born in or were associated with the Dominions tendered a luncheon to Mr W. Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) in recognition of the passage of his tariff preference measure. Sir Newton Moore, presiding, emphasised that a building up of the Empire trade meant mutual safety. Mr Churchill, in replying, said that it must have had a chilling effect if their Parliament had failed io endorse the unanimous decision of the Imperial Conference. It would entitle those in the Dominions to ask why they should attend such a conference. Personally he believed there were great possibilities in a consolidation of mutual helpfulness within the Empire. He was confident that, irrespective of any Protocol, Pact or paper arrangement, the people of tire Empire would develop a greater spirit of inter-depend-ence and co-operation and stand together in time of stress. He was satisfied their ’’co-operation could be enlisted in a. just cause. The gathering decided Io form the nucleus of a group to watch events from the standpoint of Empire development.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 11 July 1925, Page 5
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