COLONIES TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13661, 27 March 1908, Page 5

COLONIES TRADE WITH BRITAIN.

.' — ♦ < ,—, — . . S i ' SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIERfS VISIT; «> ■•v .. . ■ ' 4' •• SPEECH AT BRISTOL. ... > "^ By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright? (Received March 27, 7.43 aim.) CT ; LONDON, March 26.^> Mr T. Price, the South Australian Premier, in responding., to the toast pf* his health, at the, .British Chamber Jaf^ Commerce banquet, declared that 4ie possessed the confidence of every b^ijker and-merchant; ii^- South Austral^.' I|e wi§h^d.to rerabye^the;f ears. and mfijsconcejptioiis entertained here regarding Australian politics. , H,is advice was:, Dto not judge until 1 you understand! His object in visiting Bristol was jto make commercial friends to facilitate the sale of flour, fruit, wheat, woj>l; >^iid wine, to explain .the development df ..SotvUi t Austeaijjij .afid, jn4%afed .t&e^e* was plenty or land available on easy terms. Therev was room .there for millions. When id per pound was allowed on mutton, South Australian trade would trend tqwards Bristol. > MHHowell DavieV Chairman 6sHhe Bristol Docks, considered Mr Price's description of South Australian development almost like a fairy tale. TKe possibilities seemed illimitable. Bristol enjoyed geographical advantages which South Australia should 'consider. He warned them not iq under-value the' Argentine^ competition, in trade. If closer trade relations "were established with South Australia, the managers of the Bristol Docks vpuld do their utmost to facilitate' the handling and distribution of ghipnients. EFFECT OF SOCIALISTIC MEASURES. (Rlceived karclf s^, :8.43 a.m.) LONDON^ March 26. The Premier of" South Australia, Mr T. Price, while dining at the Imperial industries Chib-, - "fiondon, - exptatwed that Australian Socialism, as applied to railways, assisted;' Imperial industries since it kept;th,© freights low and so cheapened food for v Etigland: