TRADE IN THE EMPIRE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18297, 13 January 1923, Page 9

TRADE IN THE EMPIRE.

NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT. IMPORTS INTO BRITAIN. DOMINIONS IN BACKGROUND By Telegraph—Frees Association— A. and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 11. Major E. A. Belcher, who recently toured New Zealand in the interests of the Empire' Exhibition,; gave a lecture before ■ the members of the Royal Colonial Institute on the development of trade within the Empire in relation to the Empire Exhibition. -v—V ;' '." Sir Joseph Cook, High Commissioner for Australia, who presided, deprecated the custom of British shopkeepers displaying Danish and other foreign produce while keeping produce from the Dominions in the background. ' lb was about time, he said, that the British salesman stopped i giving preference to foreigners. j Major Belcher pointed out that every i one of the Dominions gave Britain, preferJ ence, and it was imperative that Britain should reciprocate, otherwise trade would be diverted: to. foreign countries.. The lecturer instanced motor-cars. In the Dominions the sale was practically limited to cars of American make. He pointed out: that Britain imported under onehundredth part of its supplies of currants from the Dominions, while 99 parts cam© from Greece. Ho suggested that Britain i should admit Dominion currants free of duty for five years. ';■.■.';.:'',:. ;/';.'A;':'.