EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11658, 13 June 1912, Page 4

EMPIRE DEVELOPMENT.

FURTHER CO-OPERATION IN

SERVICES. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.J (Per Press Association.) Received June 13, at 8.55 a.m. London, June 12. The Empire Trade Committee of the Colonial Institute memorialised the -Empire Trade Commission, urging the establishment of an Empire development tund on the lines proposed by Australia m l°-07 The Conference Committee suggests that the difficulty of the apportionment of/the fund could be overcome bv leaving each Dominion free to vote what it pleases. Probably Canada, New Zealand, and the Tinted Kingdom might readily vote money to lacihtate communication by the Atlantic, Pacific, and Panama, while the Commonwealth ami New Zealand might contribute with a. view to reducing Suez.Canal dues. The scheme mieht lead to subsidised mail services being arranged jointly with a view to economy and co-ordination.