EMPIRE TRADE RELATIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18578, 10 December 1923, Page 10

EMPIRE TRADE RELATIONS.

STRMGTHENINa OF BONDS. "AMAZING POSSIBILITIES." NEED FOE CO-OPERATION. tsy Telegraph— Association— Copyrlsbv. Beuter. ■- LONDON. Deo. 7. Mr. S. M. Bruce aneLMr. W. F. Massey visited Bradford to-day. At the civTc luncheon, Mr. Brace said that" -while they were proud of the silken ties between the Mother Country and . the Dominions, which had. proved stronger than steel, it would be a mistake not to consider whether it would not be possible to strengthen the bonds materially by making trade relations closer as the years"' passed. His task in coming to England was to attempt to make Britain visualise what a wonderful Empire she was the centre of, and what amazing possibilities of development there were in it. Mr. Massey said we were in the transition stage, and if the Empire were to prosper as we wanted it to, the different nations and individuals in the Empire must stand together better than they had done in the past. Referring to the* Free Trade advocates' opposition to Imperial preference, Mr. Massey declared it was possible to come nearer to real Five Trade by what was proposed than by any other way. He believed the time would" tome when there would be Free Trade between the different nations of the Empire.

SHIPPING TO HULL. BAY LINER'S FIRST CALL. QUESTION OF CONTINUANCE Australian and N.Z. JCable Association. (Reed.' 5.5 p.m.) , " LONDON. Dec. 8. Since his arrival in England, Mr. Eva, manager of the Commonwealth Line, entertained Mr. Bruce, Mr. J. D. Connolly, ex-Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. J. A. Fihelly, Agent-General for Queensland, and a large number of members of the Bradford and "Hull Chambers of Commerce, aboard the Espcrance Bay on the occasion of the first- visit of a Bay liner to Hull. The Mayor, proposing the health of Mr. Bruce, said he trusted this was the beginning of continued -sen-ices by these liners to the port. Mr. Bruce said this depended almost entirely on Yorkshire. If they could take goods sufficient to make the . steamers' visit a business proposition, as well as providing back cargo, there would be nothing to stop the visits. He assured them that tire Commonwealth ships were now placed under a board, and the Government had nothing further to do with their running, which was carried out in a strictly business way, even in regard to taxation of earningsMr. Bruce has returned from Yorkshire. Sir John Whitehead, president of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, entertained him at a private dinner. Mr. Bruce made a most effective speech on the development of Empire resources...

WOOL FOR BRADFORD. REQUIREMENTS OF MARKET. HINTS FOR NEW ZEALAND. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Dec. 7. Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey visited Leeds to inspect the housing system. They then wont to Bradford, where they were shown Sir Titus Salt's wool spinning mills at Saltaire. The lord Mayor welcomed them at the Town Hall, where ho entertained a large company at luncheon. Proposing the health of the. Prime Ministers, the Lord Mayor said there never had been a time when closer co-operation between . the Motherland and Dominions were so necessary. r Mr. Bruce urged that it was in the business interests of- Bradford to do the utmost, to further her trade developments with the Dominions. V Mr. Massey warmly supported Mr. Bruce's advice; and added that he heard that New Zealand wool in some respects was not quite what Bradford required, but he was taking back information for dealing with Bradford requirements. He urged exhibitors at; the Empire, Exhibition to do their best to provide educative exhibits in order to give oversea visitors an idea of the value of Yorkshire industries.. . A deputation from the Bradford Chamber of Commerce and the executive of the British Wool Federation conferred with Messrs. Bruce and Massey, urging the disuse of tar branding of sheep. They pointed out that experiments already disclosed a solvent branding material which would resist the results of , weather on live sheep. The deputation complained of the inferiority of the bales used in packing wool, stating that vegetable matter from inferior hales could not be eradicated until they reached cloth and entailed an extra cost of" 12s 6d per 60yds. for .burling. The deputation suggested that the use of Bomney rams in New Zealand was causing inferior streaks in the wool, resulting in serious defects in the cloth. They recommended the use of Wensleydale rams, a fine specimen of which they presented to Mr. Massey. They also demanded a reduction in Australian and New Zealand tariffs on artificial silk goods, and discussed questions of mails and Australian exchange. Mr. Bruce and Mr. Massey promised that sympathetic attention would be given io all the matters.