PREFERENCE

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 18 June 1924, Page 11

PREFERENCE

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DEBATE BEGINS. DEEP INTEREST TAKEN. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received June 18, 11.45 a m LONDON, June 17. The Dominions’ gallery in the House of Commons and the Liberal and Labour benches were early filled for the debate.

Sir Lloyd Greame moved the first of the ten resolutions, of which notice had been given in the name of Mr Baldwin. The first four of these proposed Imperial pieference without imposing any new charge on the foreigner, while the remainder did impo.se such charge. While there is small chance of the Opposition c-arry-lng the last six resolutions, there is a chance of their carrying the first four it their appeal for a non-party debate succeeds. The Opposition, in this connection, look to sixty Labour members in the British Commonwealth to give a lead to their party. Ihe first resolution proposes that impenal figs } raisins ,plums and currants should be imported duty free.—Reuter. MR. LLOYD GEORGE FAVOURS PREFERENCE. Received June' 18,’ I.p. ni. \r ti ri June 17. Mr. Lloyd George pointed out that the resolutions comprised the whole of the. preference proposals of the Imperial, Economic Conference. He quoted the opinions of the Dominions Premiers at the Conference in favour ot preference, and - urged that the House should not go back on the considered view of the Conference Mr. Thomas said that while, the resolutions would be left to the free vote of the House, and the Government would accept the verdict, the •Government themselves proposed to vote against the resolutions. He announced that the Government had reconsidered the earlier decision in regard to the Economic Committee, and was prepared, if. the Dominions desired to consider the question not on the lines of the committee as proposed but fniZ h °V like the Shipping Board. The Dominions would he consulted regarding that respect. -—Reuter. S at