IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume 101, Issue 16873, 12 August 1926, Page 5

IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

EMPIRE SETTLEMENT ACT. ITS PARTIAL FAILURE. SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, August 11. The London newspapers are devoting attention 1o the Imperial Conference to be held in London in October. The arrangements are well advanced. The Morning Post, in reviewing the topics to be discussed, lays stress upon the fact that the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr S. M. Bruce, has announced that lie will press for greater preference for Empire products. Regarding migration the Post says there is a growing desire among members of the House of Commons that the. Empire Settlement Act shall be amended, especially in the direction of the preliminary training and 'testing of intending immigrants. The paper says it is recognised, however, that the conference, as a preliminary, must review all the circumstances which led to the partial failure of the joint policy of the British and Dominion Governments as expressed in that Act. The diplomatic correspondent of the Daily Telegraph mentions that Mr Bruce may travel via the United Stales and possibly by way of Canada. A NAVAL REVIEW. (Reuter.) LONDON, August 10. The Daily Mail says a naval review is to be arranged to take place in October. It will be held for the benefit of the Statesmen from the Dominions who will attend the Imperial Conference. The review will be similar to that held in 1923, although it is not intended to approach the grand scale of the 1914 undertaking. It is hoped that a substantial number of ships will be included in the manoeuvres.