DYING HARD

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21553, 26 July 1933, Page 9

DYING HARD

WORLD CONFERENCE PRESIDENT'S DESIRE MAINTAINING CONTACT DOMINIONS' INTERESTS / IMPORTANT PARLEYS b/ Telecraph—Press Associat ion—Copyright (Received July 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON". July '25 The A\ oriel Economic Conference dies hard. Apparently the president, Mr. Mar-Donald, is determined to maintain a semblance of its continuation, for it is understood that when the Bureau, or directing committee, meets to-day it will "he asked to appoint a small committee to keep contact till some indefinite date, when the world situation may permit of progress. The silver agreement is regarded as tho conference's one ewe lamb. From the point of view of New Zealand and Australia the "Ottawa Conference in miniature," which is meeting daily in the House of Commons, is much more important than the World Conference. Yesterday's meeting was concerned with the future of the Empire Marketing Board, but the more important subjects of tho limitation of meat and dairy produce exports from the Dominions, and the closer linking of ;the Dominions to Britain and the sterling group in tho matter of currency aro likely to be considered before the sittings end. KING'S COUNCIL ASSEMBLY IN v PALACE MR. FORBES ATTENDS (Received July 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, July 25 JTl he Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. G. W. Forbes, attended a King's Council in Buckingham Palace yesterday, with Mr. Stanley Baldwin and the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. It. B. Bennett. / BRITISH FARMERS /INTERESTS COME FIRST MR. BALDWIN'S FRANKNESS /(Special to United Press Assn., N.Z.) LONDON. July 24 fan the course of a speech to 15,000 Jfcastern Counties Conservatives, Mr. Stanley Baldwin said tho interests of Britain's farmers came first, those of the Dominions farmers second, and those of the foreign farmers third. In Major Elliot, Minister of Agriculture, British agriculture had a fairy prince. is interpreted to mean the Etjrongest political support for the policy of restriction of imports of produce, including butter. Mr. Baldwin also said that Britain 4as a long way from having reached tl/e production in agriculture of which the was capable. They had hardly scratched the surface as far as small I holdings were concerned. However, this ' question must wait until they had at least succeeded in showing that those tviio were now working on the land had 9. better chance than they had had at any time in the last generation. The Plymouth Morning News says that dumping is dumping no matter who does it, and, as the Dominions w6re pointedly reminded in the recent Parliamentary debate, there is a world of difference between acting in tho Epirit of agreements and strict adherence to their letter. / MARKETING BOARD J BENEFIT TO EMPIRE ) BRITAIN AND ITS UPKEEP LONDON, July 21 In tho House of Commons to-day the Dominions Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, in replying to Mr. P. J. Hanno'n (Conservative —Moseley, Birmingham) said no words could adequately express the work done by tho Empire Marketing Board. It was primarily instituted as a substitute for preference to the Dominions. "We are anxious to continue it but we are not prepared to 'feed the baby,' " said the Minister. Mr. Hannon: The Minister should / remember that British agriculture benefited very • considerably by the action of the board. Mr. Thomas: Any advertisement or encouragement to British agriculture cafa always be paid for by oursehes, but it is not fair to expect the Pntjsh Government to foot the total bill, lbe board was designed to benefit the whole Empire as well as Britain.