IMPERIAL AFFAIRS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11281, 11 August 1930, Page 4

IMPERIAL AFFAIRS

need FOR LmgQN OFFICERS. (Special To, The/rimes) .;: WELLINGTON, Aug. 9. One of the most important of administrative machinery to be discussed at the Imperial 'Conference.,, it is' llarned,-concerns the exchange of advisory, officers between- Britain aud the Dominions to enable each Government readily. •to appreciate the position of the other m any matters ot intdrnatiohal importance. - 'Treaties; trade agreements and'.any other effairs which, Britain/ is/negotiating r With foreign powers/prill-fur-nish tjie 'matteri on which these'officers will -be azked;;.to,.advise the imperial Government in respect to the attitude. of their , own administrations. Tlie principle of this was affirmed at a previous conference nnd two ofli cers from AustrMia-have alreadj: visited the Mother Country for a- period, while Mr.'B- Bi B. Nichols, from the Foreign Office: was seconded for/service in New Zealand in 1928 and remained Kefe. two- years.,. / “ : Air.;Nichoi’s salaiy. was paid by the Foreign Qffic-e during, his stay t rn the Dominion, and tlie.New Zealand Gov- ■ eminent-, 1 . it is now wtrs to have- appointed an exchange officer to the Dominion*.s>:Office # - in ; . London, to act in the sani e advisory, capacity as that occupied by Mr. Nichols m this .country. ...This, appointment .was not made,- largely because of the difficulty of discovering a suitable officer to appoint. .Lack oLtraining .arid lack of interest -id interndtioiiaL affairs on the part of-the men available caused the Government- to defer making tim appointment. .. •* * r _ With the approach of the Imperial Conference, the.lucid expositions .ot British affairs which were available from Mr. Nichols - have - been greatly misshd by the . Prime /Ministers' Department, and it is understood that the matter of aupointment of another officer of the' Foreign, office;, to ‘. the same .post is under consideration, -;f definite basis for .future exchange,.it is hoped, will be arrived at in London in October.v; --• v- •