IMPERIAL DELEGATES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19490, 20 November 1926, Page 13

IMPERIAL DELEGATES.

CONFERENCE IN LONDON, REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 0 END NOW WITHIN SIGHT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received 8.3 p.m.) A. and N.Z. LOXDON„ Nov. IS. The report of the Forestry Sub-Committee of the Imperial Conference welcomes the Australasian Governments' invitation to hold a third Forestry Conference in Aus tralia in 1928. It recommends active preparation for the conference and participa tion in it to the Governments of the Empire. The Sub-Committee has referred the constitution of the Empire Forestry Bureau to the conference. The Economic Sub-Committee which is dealing with the uniform taxation of enter prises ol foreign governments quoted the announcement of the Australian and New Zealand delegates that their governments have accepted the principle of taxation of Government trading enterprises, the exist ing law providing sufficient authority for the necessary assessments. The Commonwealth Government, however, cannot bind the States. The Sub-Committee considered that in some measure the inter-Imperial agreement warranted negotiating with foreign governments with a view to concluding reciprocal agreements for the mutual taxation of their trading enterprises. It was desirable to divide manufacturing and merchanting profits, and to reStrict income-tax charges in the country of sale to the merchanting profit. The same committee, in dealing with the suggestion .for surveys ,o! Empire trade, laid stress on the advantages of such surveys It reviewed existing publications on the subject and urged that each survey should deal with one trade, or group of allied trades, as concisely as possible, systematically condensing its reports and avoiding duplication of effort. This would probably necessitate the creation of a statistical conference. ' ' Empire Halations and Migration. The Dominion Prime Ministers this evening finally wrestled with the two major questions of inter-Imperial relations and treaty obligations. After a three-hours' sitting they agreed upon their report, which may be presented to the conference to-morruw. They will also submit a resolution which will contain a broad general declaration which all the Dominions can feel will give them a little more elbow-room and conduce to a better understanding. The Migration Committee to-morrow will submit to the conference a voluminous report, largely a review of the achievements and disappointments of the last three years. Long chapters will be devoted to ruraJ housing, rural credits, the absorption ol ex-service men from Britain and India, land settlement extension and social insurance. The committee's resolution will be couched in general terms and will recognise the impossibility of any mass movement from Britain. It will urge adherence to the existing policy and an imraedi- ■ ate investigation as to the possibilities of its elaboration. Business Drawing to a Close. This afternoon the delegates also discussed the international aspects of migration. It was agreed that there should be a strong Empire attitude to ensure that each Dominion should keep her own immigration in her own hands, no matter what attempts may be made at Geneva or elsewhere to create an international organisation. The Imperial Communications Committee further examined the matter of faster steamship services. Two plenary sessions will be held tomorrow and one on Monday, whan it is hoped to make a considerable clearance of subiects so as to ensure the conclusion of the labours of the conference on Tuesday. ME. COATES AT HOME. VISIT TO EDINBURGH. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 12.85 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 18. Mr. J. G. Coates, Prime Minister of New Zealand, will leave London next Tuesday, and will receive the freedom of Edinburgh and the honorary university degree of Doctor of Laws on Wednesday. He will attend a municipal reception and university dinner and will inspect the North British locomotive works and* Beardmore's works at Glasgow on Thursday. He will return to London on Friday and will receive the freedom of Stoke-on-Trent, and inspect the potteries on Monday, November 29. He will receive the freedom of Sheffield and visit the works of Brown and Bailey, Vickers', and HadSelds' on November 30. He will visit Kidderminster carpet factories on Decern ber 1. Later Mr. Coates will make a tour of the New Zealand battlefields in France.