TRADE FACILITIES

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11660, 26 October 1923, Page 5

TRADE FACILITIES

BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S OFFER

COMMITTEE’S REPORT.

Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.

(Received October 25, 8.35 p.m.) LONDON, October 24.

The Economic Conference dealt with the interim reports of several committees. It was the intention of Mr Massey to open the subject of an Empire currency, but it was decided to defer the subject to a later meeting, when it is expected a committee will be appointed to report on the question. The committee on* commercial facilities furnished, an interim report dealing with a commercial intelligence service, travellers’ samples, trade catalogues, and price lists. The committee recommended the Conference to weloome the offer of the British Government to place its commercial and diplomatic offices at the service of the dominions, and recommended the Empire Governments maintaining commercial representatives in any foreign country to secure the closest co-operation between these officers. In the interests of Empire trade, it was recommended that travellers’ samples he duty-free, contingent on re-exportation, and also that more elastic provision be made for tho admission of trade catalogues dutyfree, under defined conditions. MARITIME LAW TAXATION OF DOMINIONS. i Reuter’s Telegram. (Received October 25, 9.45. p.m.) LONDON, October 24. Tho Economic Conference expressed general approval of the resolution adopted by tho international conference on maritime law in London in 1912, and the recommendations of Lord Colwyn’s committee on the liability of the dominion Governments to United Kingdom taxation, but final action was uot taken.