THE EMPIRE’S TRADE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 4275, 26 June 1916, Page 5

THE EMPIRE’S TRADE.

PLEA FOR INTER-IMPERIAL ECONOMIC ALLIANCE.

MR HUGHES DEMANDS RADICAL CHANCES IN RELATIONSHIPS.

MR. BOX All LAW SAYS TAB IFF RFFO RM MUST MTS' EXAMINED.

(Received June 25. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. June 21

Mr. Bonar Law. speaking at the Hughes Farewell■ Banquet, said the resolutions of the Baris Conference may he taken as representing the settled opinion of the British Government.

(‘•blicr speakers suggested the possibMity of Mr. Hughes’ early return to Britain to continue the propaganda in favor of an inter-imperial economic and political alliance. _\ir. Hughes made the political relations of Britain and lior dominions after the war the chief topic of his last speech. He insisted that our Emoiro is no Empire, because it is not hound by any logical or legal tie. The: e relations wore well enough when the dominions were in swaddling dories, but must now be changed, and it must be a radical change now. Mr. Bonar Law, in the course of his remarks, said: “I think the first thing is to find if wo can come to a general agreement regarding Imperial horde policy. It Is noteworthy that Mr. Runeiman himself drafted the resolution carried ;i t the Paris Conference whereby there would be a period after the war when uric Allies would not resume trading relations with Germany. This shows that the Coalition Government is not neglecting the subject, and! we may have tne wholo question of tariff reform examined free of party feeling. BRITAIN’S COST OF LIVING PROBLEM. TRADE UNIONISTS URGE S'i ATE INTERVENTION. CONTROL OF WAGES AND FOOD PRICES. MR. HARCOURT SPEAKS OUT BOLDLY. (Received dune 25, 5 p.m.) LONDON, June 25. Air Asquith presided at- a conference in Downing Street which discussed the Paris resolutions. Mr Bonar Law, Earl Crewe, Mr Hughes, Mr LloydGoorge, Mr Harcourt Mr Chamberlain, and Mr Samuel were present. Mr Harcourt, replying to trade union deputation regarding the State control of food prices and the control of wages, said the vicious system of increasing wages was resulting in increased prices and leading to demands for the further increase in wages, which must be avoided. V’c coul 1 not allow the exploitation by the individual of advantage ’n wartime. There "had been a general advance in wages of ten per cent, but the actual crease the amount commodities availlarity' of work and overtime probably worked out at nearer forty per cent. According to the Board of Trade food prices had increased fifty-nine per cent, but the cost of living as a wholehad not increased more than forty per cent. There was a consensus of expert opinion against the fixing or maximum prices which could not increase the amount com midi ties av: t■ ] - able, but merely tend to divert foreign supplies t-o other markets. ]f the Food Committee discovered that tlie public were being exploited and prices artificially inflated the Board of Trade would immediately act. THROUGH GERMAN SPECTACLES. HOW PARIS CONFERENCE Id VIEWED.

NO LASTING PEACE IF HUNS ARE IGNORED.

(Received June 25. 5 p.m.) AMSTERDAM. June 25. The ‘‘Frankfurter Zeitung,” commenting on tho Economic Confer enc.. says that when the new regulation oi the world’s economy :’s to be decided Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey will also have a say. No peace will be concluded that does not leave our economic, strength room for the fullest expensian which it previously had. Any other peace would only lead in the shortest time to a repetition of to-day’s world’s disaster.

N.Z. ROLL OF HONOR.

CASUALTY LIST

The following are reported killed in action : Private D. Gillies Private J. E. Trupp_ Rifleman E. E. B. Kenny Sergeant W. Booth 2nd' Lieutenant. A. M. Thompson. The following have died of wounds: Rifleman N. Sellars Private G. Farq-uharson Died of enteric : Private C. E. Street. The following wounded have been admitted to hospital: Private S. Adamson Private J. F. Digging Private A. Greig Sapper R. M. Thomson Private 0. Drummond Corporal G. J. Grant Private J. E. E. Wilson Private J. S. Clarke Rifleman A. Dunn Rifleman J. W. Whiting Private N. B. Snellox The following are reported wounded : Lieutenant W. If. Caiman - 2nd Lieutenant B. H. Espinr 2nd Lieutenant A. G. AKGregor 2nd Lieutenant A. T. White MAORI CONTINGENT. Died of pneumonia : Private Filitona.

PROGRESS REPORT

Seriously ill: \ Driver. J. S. Walsh | Wounded and seriously ill :• Private V. von Tunzelman j Dangerously ill: j Corporal A. Enso.r Wounded: Private J. J. Samuel, Privates K F Wright, Trooper W. G. Wadsworth, Private W. J- H. Peters. Seriously ill: ~, , TT rT , Sapper A. Burns, 1 to.. W • Hughes. Progressing satisfactorily: Private H. G. Cooper. Discharged to base: Private P. Creely, lUlleman V . Harrison. Private A. H. Pollen. The following are seriously ill and Q.M.S. O. It. Aitken, Sergeant G. P. Aldridge, Rifleman G. Beck, • private J. S. Burns, Private G A. Harris. Private F. Henderson, Private A. S. McMahon, Private A. Swanson, - Private H. dr ail. The following are wounded : _ Private D. H. Cummins, Private GH. Fletcher, Rifleman b. to Houston. -- Seriously ill: ' • , TiV .... to; Private Vaina, Private l'miki. iu- " vate J. Tepene.