HINDRANCES TO TRADE
CUSTOMS FORMALITIES. ABOLITION ESSENTIAL. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received October 16, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, October 16. The “Daily Telegraph’( corespondent .at Geneva says that an international conference on customs formalities has opened, under the presidency of Earl Buxton. Delegates ate present from 35 States, including Australia and New Zealand. Earl Buxton said none could fail to see how vitally neoeosary was. the expansion of trade and commerce to the economic reconstruction of Europe. It was obvious that a revival’ was rm ceded by unduly complicated customs foi malities, after the effects of war, rnd the change of frontiers necessarily tended to increase- these hindiances and difficulties. Sir Hubert Smith representing Bn tain, said he had full power to sign a convention, and recommended delegates who were without such necessary authority to obtain it. The German delegate said ho would support the efforts of the conference, and hoped an agreement, would ho reached and loyally carried out.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11652, 17 October 1923, Page 8
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