TRADE COMMISSION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11866, 27 February 1913, Page 4

TRADE COMMISSION.

Press Association.) ' Dunedin, February 27. -Before the Empire Trade Commission, lia<fif M'Lean ami. Mrs Lindo Ferguson f(lVswtt€d a written re the 'an increased supply of domestic Servailts - for the Dominion. 'Jliey poiated otic that the present position acute. Immigrant siifps-jvere being besieged by employers. They; also referred to the great demand iinpoaation of girls between fiftren and nineteen, to be trained for sis montlts in a central training institution tor the Dominion. Such an institution could be ' ruade largely self-supporting by lauiidry work. It should he under Governmerit control and assisted by an advisory, committee. "'Professor Park, of the Ota;;o Mining School, advocated a national rr-sr-rv:i-Tiort of coal areas in New Zealand and Australia—a question of more than domestic", interest.. being of vital importance " regarding the defence of the Empire." iv The amount of available coal slioald be accurately determined,, and certain reservations ought to be made iti each State. Xew Zealand coal was being used witlt prodigal waste. ; George Joachim,, managing director of . .the "West port Coal Co., gave it -?r, his opinion that New Zealand had to go morej.to Newcastle for future coal supplies.