IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, 3 November 1926, Page 9

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE

MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES WIRELESS AND FAST SHIPS FORESTRY AND CABLES By Telegraph—Press Assn,—Copyright. Received Nov. 2, 5.5 p.m. London, Nov. I. Earl Balfour’s Imperial Relations subcommittee met this afternoon with no variation from the spirit which justified the earlier assurances that “everything is going well.” Another matter of interest to-day was the mention at the Communications subcommittee of Sir James Connelly’s Anglo-Australian fast ship scheme. Though it is really a unit matter, confined chiefly to Australia, it has been remitted to the sub-eommittee—presum-ably by Australia—because of its bearing on the general problem of more rapid transit of the Empire’s perishable goods. It is expected that the scheme will form the text of a special section of the committee’s report to the full conference. The same committee also discussed Empire wireless, incidental to which, it is understood, Mr. Brace mentioned Australia’s wish to control her own beam station in England, but indications are that he will have to fight out his case separately with the Postmaster-General, since the other Dominions have accepted post office control. A report on Imperial shipping was submitted, which the Economic Committee next considers. The Forestry Committee considered Australia and New Zealand’s proposal for a forestry conference in 1928 and the establishment of a Forestry Bureau. The Communications Committee discussed cables, shipping and wireless in order to secure expedition.