BRITISH COLONIES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19842, 17 May 1927, Page 7

BRITISH COLONIES

TRADE CONDITIONS EXPLOBTATION OF RAW MATERIALS (By Radio) RUGBY, May 13. The question pf improving machinery for making trade conditions in the various colonies better known to the people of this country, and of extending information on the raw production of the colonics, their commercial value, and the requirements of the colonies, ■was discussed at the Colonial Confcr-

i ence to-day. In this connection a resume was given of the work of the Imperial Institute at South Kensington, in London. There was general agreement that the work of the Institute was of immense value, and it acted as a clear-ing-house of information though it was felt that if the Institute were more centrally situated in London it would be visited by larger numbers of people. It was also shown that firms who desired to exploit a raw material found that the Institute provided useful information as to its commercial potentialities. A discussion took place on the existing future trade agencies in London. The question was debated of how far it would be desirable to concentrate and centralise the various trade agencies, where they represented colonies in one part of the world like West and East Africa, and where they might lend themselves to grouping.