COMMERCIAL CONFERENCE.
i Pre?s Association—By Telegraph—Ccpyriglit. = Melbourne. .May is. l ' (Received May 15, at 9.55 a.m.) t The Chambers of Conmieiic ('onfeieiicc e have adopted a resolution in favour of . establishing a system of telegraph and e cable lines in couneelion with all the i southern portions of the Urilish dominions, and recommending that all chembeis suppurl the Pacitie cable scheme. s Some of the speakers condemned the Syd--1 nev Chanibtir for uippmtinj! the coiicts--5 sious made by the Eastern Extension Company. A second lesolntion was adopted advocating the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the sugar •industry in Queensland and the employment of black labour. (Received May 15. at 9.10 p.m.) At the Cliambeis of Commerce Conference llie Queensland lipie-ctifalive, discussing the sugar industry, said it was impossible to cany on without Polynesian .. labour. The loss of the industry, in which s between six and seven millions were illvested, would make Queensland bankrupt. s A resolution wis adopted urging Mr Barton to make the federal taiitr one of the lii«t questions to be eonsideied. The conference has closed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12044, 16 May 1901, Page 5
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