A Consultative Imperial Council.
Australasia and Her ObligaCustoms Duties Deemed Imperative, Views of the Ex-Home Secretary. An Imperial Zollverein lm- . practicable. [United Press Association,] LONlun, June 11. The Congress of the Chamber of Comtnerce has approved of the appointment of » Consultative Imperial Council, consisting of members resident in Gre.it Britain. Mr <Jno. Henry, ex-Colonial Treiißurer of Tasmania, declared that without the Customs duties Australia would be unable to meet_her obligations. Mr Asqulth, Home Seoretary in the Rcsebery Administration, speaking at Beading, in' reply to Mr Chamberlain's remarks at the Congress of the Chamber oi i ommer.ee, laid that except in regard to the defences, a formal connection of the colonies with the Mother Country was the best safeguard of the ■ permanent unity of the British Empire. A Zollverien. was not based on a solid principle, and would prove Unworkable in practice. He held that British workers would not tolerate a scheme irhioh would hamper trade for the sake of tn imaginary expansion of national friendship,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 138, 12 June 1896, Page 3
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165A Consultative Imperial Council. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXX, Issue 138, 12 June 1896, Page 3
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