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SAINT DAVID'S DAY.

London, March, 1.

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St. David's Day was celebrated in London by a banquet at which the Prince of Wales was the principal guest. Lloyd George who presided received a tremendous ovation The Prime Minister, on proposing "Wales and her Prince."

in a speech in which he gave full play to his uratorical powers, charms with had referred to the Prince's characteristic won a hearts from the time of his first appeurance in Wales and then the stimulating effects produced by the Prince's inspiring presence at the battle front. "He is our greatest ambassador," he said. In touching on His Highness's recent visit to Canada and America, the Premier emphasised that the greatest troubles of international and even imperial governments and affairs were things never publicly referred

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Lloyd George catinued-He America and bis presence sumplified matters, lubricated the machinery, and he rendered undying service to the British

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days humanity. Empire and is quitting these, shores for Australia and

after Zealand, and

short interval visits great dependency of India." The speaker did not hesitate to say, spiking with every sense of responsibilty, that after the Prince of Wales' visit the British Empire, strong as it is, will be stronger for that visit. He proceeded "He has come at the right moment: He is a great piece of luck for the British Empire, teheers) and is Wales's mascot cheers, for he is the Prince of Wales-everywhere. He con- cluded by describing His Highness as the most popular Prince- Wal od sitee the days of Owen Glendower fond cheers).

The Prince of Wales, responding, said he was very glad his last public function in the old county before sailing for Austraia and New Zealand should have been that diner. He rallied the Prime Minister on his speech bring all about him ani nothing about Wales. He referred to Wales' splendid tration and the exploits of Welsamen in the Navy and the The Prince, after interposing Welsh negments in wartime.

a sentence in Welsh which was removed with immense ch thusiasm, sad he hoped he would be in New South Wales crat Jawn lle would be ever mindful of the high and glorieus traduttons which won for Welshmon the place they hold not taly in the British Empire but throughout the world.

MOTOR FUEL PRICES.

London, March 1.

Tac report of the Probicering sub committee on the price of moter fuel is a most interesting documeat. It declares the present high prices are due to demand outstripping supply. It states the average cost of production of petrol should not exceed 150 per ton and therefore maintains that 400s. reveals a grossly excessive profit. It recommends the whole question of production, price, and distribution of motor fuel should engage the attention of the League of Nations or be made the subject.of international agreement. It strongly em- phasizes that, on the expiry in 1922 of the existing contracts binding the Anglo Persian Oil Company in which the British Government has a controlling interest, steps should be taken to ensure a reasonable price in Britain irrespective of other countries Referring to the cost of transport the report points out the rate between the North Atlantic and United Kingdon, in pre war 15s. a ton is now 20s; the Persian Gulf 365. now 3058; and Bornco, 48/6, now 410s:

The report opines the fair average rate could not exceed 100/-, even for Gulf ports and recommends fixing á retail price for number one petrol at sild. The report describes the situation a alarming and strongly opines the ultimate solution is the production of home or Empire produced power alcohol, It recommends the production and distribution of power alcohol be under government control and also suggests a tax on motor fuel as more equitable than a tax on motor

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THE MISSING HAUROTO.

London, Feb. 6.

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BENEFIT OF "DUMPING.”

COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS.

Mr. Tho.nas Crook, chairman of a sub-committee appointed by the Burnley and District Cham- ber of Commerce to consider the Anti-Dumping Bill, has presented A report which is a strong indiet- ment of the principles of trade- restricting legislation.

the The report states that Committee came to the con- clusion that the whole principle of the bill is bad and based on unsound economic ideas, because the so-called dumping of goods into this country at a time when we are suffering from a shortage of all the necessaries of life is not a bad but a good thing, and instead of placing obstacles in its way everything that can be done should be done to encourage and increase it. From the increased dumping of goods the following advantages would accrue

1. Employment would be in- creased, us goods imported afe paid for by goods produced at home. The demand for our goeds would be increased in proportion! to the increase in du nping and a proportionate increase in the de- mand for labour would naturally fellow.

2. Wages would rise as a result of the increased demand for labour.

3. The cost of living would be reduced owing to the low price at which goods sold under cost of production could be bought.

4. Profiteering would be check- ed by the competition of the dumped goods.

5. The standard of living would be raised arongst the great body of the people, due to regular em- ployment, high wages, and low prices of the necessaries of life, and as a consequence)

6. The trading and manufactur- ing portion of the community would be fully engaged at re- munerative prices.

7. The whole country would become more prosperous and would recorer from the destruc- tion of the war by meeas of free- ing trade from fiscal obstructions. and fussy interference by Govern- ment departments sooner than by any other means.

Where the whole principle of the bill is so detrimental to the interests of the nation, continues the report, it is superfluous to criticis derails, but we may point out that clauses 3 and 4 of part 2 are specially obnoxious. By these clauses power is given to a committee to prohibi: import- ation of goods, or if importation is allowed to tax them: a tempt. ation to corruption to which no holy of men should be subjected and which few could resist. By these clauses 2 principle for which Britons have fought and bled in all ages is abrogated by a stroke of the pen-the principle that they will submit to no taxation except such as is impos- ed by their own chosen re-1 presentatives in, Parliament as- sembled.

Clause 9 of part 3 is only slightly less objectionable. By this clause power is given to the committee to prohibit the import of goods from countries where the exchange is in our favour. Instead of this every encourage- ment should be given to import goods from these countries, as it is the very means by which the exchange may be corrected where it is against us. In New York the loss in exchange alone amounts to as much as 10d. peri ib, on cotton. The most effective! means of avoiding losses of this: kind is to divert all the trade we can to those countries "where exchange favours us. But this bill would stop us doing business at all.

WORST SPIRIT OF PROTECTIONISM.”

The whole bill, the Committee add, is conceived in the worst spirit of Protection, and mighti have been proposed to prevent our too early recovery from loases | due to lessened production during four years of war. When Frotec- tion was most rampent the most degraded Protectionist never pro- posed anything so infamous as to delegate to a 'committe the right| to tax us without our consent. The effect of the bill if carried into law, besides the objection from the economic standpoint, would carry with it incidentally the corruption of our public men and the increasing of the profits of the rich at the expense of the

poor.

If anything can bring about revolution and Bolshevism in this” country it is the proposal to pass legislation of this kind.

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