PACIFIC PROBLEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 13 January 1944, Page 2

PACIFIC PROBLEMS

NEW ZEALAND DELEGATION ARRIVAL IN AUSTRALIA (Rec. 1.5 p.m.) Sydney, This Day. The New Zealand Ministerial delegation, headed by the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser, which will discuss post-war Pacific problems with the Commonwealth Government, will arrive in Sydney to-day. The delegation will be met by the Minister for External Affairs, Dr. Evatt, the New South Wales State Premier, Mr McKell, and other Commonwealth and State Ministers, as well as Mr C. A. Berendsen, New Zealand High Commissioner in Australia. The party will remain in Sydney until Saturday. The conference with the Australian Government will begin at Canberra on Monday. Subjects for discussion include the future policies of Australia and New Zealand in relation to the South-West and South Pacific regions, post-war security zones, including the government of the islands taken from the Japanese, the welfare of native peoples, communications, and closer collaboration and trade relations between the two countries. The Australian Labour Party will hold a special-meeting at Canberra to coincide with the visit of the New Zealand delegation The formation of a British Empire Labour Party will be discussed. The meeting will also consider sending a joint deputation to the Imperial Labour Conference which the British Labour Party is anxious to con vene to discuss post-war problems.