OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9560, 11 July 1894, Page 5

OTTAWA CONFERENCE.

' V.•'■':''■■.::"":,.\- ;-T —,'.... <> ...', ,/ ; ','''■■■'"' Press Association.—Electric Telegraph.—Copyright Ottawa, July 9. The delegates in discussing preferential trade recognised the difficulty of England agreeing to it, but they be- . lieved if the colonies freely reciprocated the way would be paved for an Imperial trade system. The Conference has passed the \ resolution favouring preferential trade. , .;■ The Australian delegates strongly opposed the proposal to ratify the treaty between France and Canada as calculated .to deprive Australia of • a market for her wines in Canada. ~ : V Ottawa, July 10., The delegates to the Conference are now visiting Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec. ' - - Sir A. P. Caron proposed, and Sir fl. Wrixon seconded* a motion, "That Great Britain should be asked to subsidise Canada's Atlantic mail service, the colonies supporting the cost of the Pacific service. The Canadian Government has been requested to ascertain the cost of the Pacific cable. The Conference is now closed. London, July 10. The Daily Chronicle considers that it will be impossible for Great Britain to adopt a preferential tariff against foreign goods. Numbers of the members of the House of Commons have urged the Premier to support the Pacific cable anil the mail service on condition that the colonies contribute to the naval defence of the Empire. - ' V*