PRESS DELEGATES

Grey River Argus, 29 July 1925, Page 5

PRESS DELEGATES

CANADIAN JAUNT .COMPLETED. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) VANCOUVER, July 27. The Empire Press delegates reached Vancouver this morning, and arc sailing by the Aorangi on Wednesday. The perfection of inter Empire commiiiiicatious is the big keynote of the eontorenee. In the opinion of Sir Harry Brittain, a tremendous era of expansion of airplane Communication may lie looked for in the immediate future. He said: “I am making arrangements to return to England from India by airplane for experimental purposes. Carrying mail by car has great possibilities, and if we enn shorten the time between Australia and England to one third of the present time, what a boon it will be.” Lord Burnham, citing the Australian New York loan, as evidence, said: ‘‘There is no getting away from it, conditions in the Old Country are far from satisfactory. For the. first time in the history of Britain, the country has had to draw on its own capital. There is no use living in u fool’s paradise. We have got to face facts. After dinner speeches about the solidarity of the Empire are very interest ing and delightful, but we have got to have something- more tangible than mutual eulogies. We have got to get down to business and practice a little of what we preach ” (Received duly 28 at 8.10 p.m.) VANCOUVER, July 27.

In an interview, I.- rd Burnham »md that the half-ratified Canadian-Austra-lian tariff treaty was a big step in t.te tight direction towards Empire solidification . .