THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXII, Issue 12432, 3 April 1908, Page 5

THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PREMIER

Speech at Hull

Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright. Received April 3, 8.7 a.m. LONDON, April 2.

At a Chamber of Commerce banquet in the Town Hall, Hull, Mr Price, Premier of South Australia, explained Australia's resources, and dwelt on the White Australia policy, the comparatively even distribution of wcath in Australia, closer land settlement, and the steady development of the wheat, meat, and butter trades. He declared that British merchants were too slow in grasping the possibilities of extending trade, and promised to direct Australia's attention to the advantages of Britain's trading outposts, especially Hull. He ridiculed the British, shipping companies' action in declining the honour of being the first to tie up to the Adelaide outer harbour because, possibly, it would cost <£20, whereas the Germans jumped at the chance. He declared that Australians wished to deal with their kindred on a preferential scale.