TO BE DISCUSSED AGAIN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17524, 29 April 1925, Page 11

TO BE DISCUSSED AGAIN.

TRADE TREATY WITH AUSTRALIA. CANADA’S POSITION. lie liter's Telegrams OTTAWA, April 27. Mr Meighan read in Parliament a Melbourne Press despatch quoting Mr Bruce’s latest utterance on the Australia 11-Can adian Treat y. The Premier (Mr W. \j.. Mackenzie IvingV, commenting on this., said lie would not make any statement based oti newspaper reports, bub he added that the last communication from Mr Bruce inquired regarding certain proposed changes by Canada, which communication had not yet been answered. Mr Klug added that until the question ui' the amount of material of British origin had been settled, Canada did not propose to make any changes in her own tariff. Mr King then announced that Mr D. H. Boss, former trade .eom--1 mistsioner to Australia, was being momvealtb in an endeavour to straighten out the tangle over the treaty. Mr King said that after the Commonwealth Parliament made certain changes in the treaty an Order-in-Council was passed providing that to avail of the Australian preference, 75 per cent of British material and labour must enter into an exported article. This proposal had been discussed during the negotiations. Mr King said:—“Me do not propose to ask the House to sanction the treaty until wo get this phase remedied. Mr Boss will conduct further negotiations and we hope the matter in dispute will be arranged .satisfactorily/’ Mr Meighan retorted: I would gather there is no hope of legislation this session? Mr’King replied: T must not say that. I rather hope there will. Various Opposition members then expressed the view that the 75 per cent, proviso was wrongly interpreted, and that its application would' not appreciably affect Canadian exports. Members, moreover, intimated that there were other matters than the 75 per cent, proviso that were delaying the ratification of the treaty. Mr King dissented, and the discussion ended.