EMPIRE'S OPPORTUNITY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16488, 4 November 1927, Page 8

EMPIRE'S OPPORTUNITY

SELF-CONTAINED TRADE ECONOMIC SUPREMACY (British Official Wireless.) , Rec. 2 p.m. LONDON, Nov. 3. At :i Parliamentary dinner at Canberra, the Australian Federal capital, Mr. Bruee, Federal Prime Minister, welcomed Mr. L. S. Amory, Secretary for the Dominions. He saiol no Empire .statesman'- had done more to bring about the recent remarkable achievement of modern Empire government, or labored more unceasingly to force its realisation. Mr. Bruce referred to Sir Alfred Mond's speech in London suggesting the Empire as an economic unit, and said that until recently we had applied to the economic relationship of the Empire those haphazard and unsympathetic methods which characterised the political relationship before the loss of the American colonies. As a result we were mistress of the seas, owning the bulk of the world's shipping, and fertile lands ill every portion of the globe, and producing man's every necessity, but, owing to lack of co-operation, we were challenged in the race for economic supremacy. British markets within the Empire itself had been permitted to go to foreign rivals. Many golden opportunities had been wasted, but the time was not yet too late. Australia wanted to develop the country with British stock, to buy Empire goods, and sell Australian exports in Empire markets. Replying, Mr. Amory advised all to work together for the advancement of the Empire, cultivating a wide Imperialistic outlook and higher ideals.