CABLE MISCELLANY

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12315, 9 December 1925, Page 4

CABLE MISCELLANY

In the House of Commons, Mr R. J. -G. Boothby (C.) asked whether it was possible to summon an Imperial Economic Conference wfch a view of discussing the development qf Empire trade. Mr Baldwin pointed out that the Imperial Economic Committee, appointed at the beginning of 1925, included representatives of the Dominions, India, and the colonies. • • • *

Declared to he the largest of its kind in the wprld, the State electric power station, 80 miles from Moscow, was formally opened by M. Trotsky in the presence of the diplomatic corps. Russian, British, and German firms shared in equipping'the station, ,the capacity of which is 65,000 horse-power. It burns turf as fuel. , * * * * Convinced that co-operative’ marketing with governmental encouragement offers the best'possible solution of the farmers’ problem, President Coolidge intends to give active support to a bill embodying these principles, which will be presented to Congress. * * * * The Melbqurne University Council has decided to investigate the proposals by Miss Laura Spellman, of the Rockefeller Memorial, for a system of research scholarships in economics, to he available for Australians in the United States, and for Americans in Australia. The Rockefeller Memorial also proposes to establish a similar system with Now ZcnPud universities. » * * » (Received December 8, 7.20 p.m.) Forty-five nations are represented on the committee of the International Conference on Emigration, as the outcome. of the conference held in Rome in 1924, Signor Mussolini, in welcoming the delegates, extolled the' work of the Rome conference in calling especial attention to tho problems of migration to which the war had given exceptional importance.,