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AUSTRALIAN TRÅDE CONFERENCE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
be prescribed which would ensure HOME RULE FOR PEKING. that only goods of marketable quality should be exported; and
(2) The appointment of first- class business men in Britain and| Promoting Settlement on Newalsewhere to push Australian Lands and Marketing Produce goods.
The Australian Promlars recent. The conference then adoptal Conference at Melbourne came to the following resolutions:- at end after sitting for five daya. Subsequently Mr. Hughes made a statement in regard to the matters that had been dealt with.
Plen for Autonomy in the
Metropolitan Area.
A Peking message states: The Metropolitan Self-Government Association has submitted af petition to the Premier orging the overnment to adopt self- government in the Metropolitan Area in order to increase the wel fare of the people. The patitioners drew attention to the Mandate, issued on January 1, which pro- vided for the supervision of ani administrative official, but in al (2) That there be a uniform other respects the governing body State should formulata & definite system for the inspection, grad-would be elected by the people. sebome setting out exactly what ling and marketing of such goods.
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The Conference, said Mr. Hughes, had come to an agrée ment on the immigration question. It had been decided that each
(1) This conference agrees that authorities the Commonwealth prescribe a uniform standard for all exportable products, for which, in theinterest of Australian trade, such action is necessary.
The regulations for self-gavero-
it was prepared to do in the way (3) That as far as possible,ment both in towns and hsien
of making available land suitable
(4) That
and what guarantee it could give resentatives
migrant before embarkation.
These schemes, when com- plated, continued Mr. Hughes, would be in the nature of a con-
for sattlement, the number of prior to the commencement of have been proclaimed, but the 4.settlers that could be absorbed on any regulation or the amend-questions when and where have such lands, employment that went of any existing regulation, not been decided. This omission that copies thereof shall jobviously was intended to give could be guaranteed for such im. migrants, the character of the turnished to the States to enable the people an opportunity to con- public works necessary for suchthem to make such represent.sider the 'regulations and prepare for their adoption. It was an. icounced, however, that as 100 as purpose, whether railways, roads,ations as they deem fit. irrigation, or water conservation.
commercial remithese preparations ww com. be immediately pleted the regulations would be to the Commonwealth, which the appointed in the United Kingdon put into force. latter could submit to the im-and the East. All appointment. It appears that a suficient" of commercial representatives number of local bodies have not abroad shall be made by the pledged their adherence to the Commonwealth after consul-aelf-government plan, only some tation with the States. The Com-thirty per cent. so far having tract between the States and the monwealth shall defray the ex-done so. But as the Govern penditure of its present Easternment has shown its determina- Commonwealth, and it was con commercial representative and tion to carry out this measure, it sidered that by this means the contribute one-fifth towards the is the duty of the people not only Commonwealth would be "able to
expenses of other commercial to comply but to give their assis give the immigrant those positive assurances of land for settlement epresentatives of the East and tance. for himself and his family which the United Kingdom, the States were essential to a successful to defray the remaining four- fifths of the expenditure of such policy of immigration. The Com representatives oo & per cupilu that local self-government will in- ponwealth would provide the basis. When the preliminary crease the welfare of the people, money, subert to the scheme
work of the organization of any and he has made it so clear to his being approved and necessary such agency has been completed countrymen that the responsibili-
the expenditure necessary for itsty cow rests with them.
The members of this AP- Asked if the Commonwealth maintenance shall be paid for by had limited the amount it was contributions from the producerssociation. whether temporarily or prepared to advance Mr. Hughes upon the basis of a commission permanently domiciled in this area, bave always advocated replied that the Commonwealth charged on the turnover.
local self-government. They
assurance given.
UP TO THE PEOPLE.
The President fully realizes
had not limited itself to any (5) That the Prime Minister and have sent six petitions on this particular amount. The amount the Premiers invite the organisa-subject to the various Govern would be limited in three way; tions of producers and commercial ments in the past nine years, but namely, as regards the number of bodies to co-operate with them they have not received a single men which were offering. the and take all action necessary to reply. The petitioners believe means of transferring them to give effect to these resolutions. the local self-government should Australia, and settling them or the
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The Prime Minister then allud- ed to the resolutions that had been ureed to "What we need."
ali Mr. Hughes, "are men to people our great empty spaces
Mr. Hughes, referring to the A property owner wishes to give! and to cultivate our lands. Thel great cities are altogether out of British Empire Exhibition to be away 19 cottages at Leyton, but
& New York./ proportion to the rural population held in 1922 said that all the can find nobody to accept the gift. If we can people the country, the Premiers, with one exception, This fact came to light when the T/T J676 town - can look after themselves, had agreed that it should be gone attention of Stratford justices T/T Marks with a small population in aon with. The Premier of Tas-was called to the owner's failure IT Francs country as vast as Australia su mania, Sir Walter Lee, had to keep his property in repair. Damand, Paris e-a-ful land settlement involve expressert some doubt about his The clerk suggested that the laod- more than merely placing mea State undertaking the necessary lord should put the cottages in a upon uitable areas or even pro-l viding them with assistance toj We must findi cultivate them.
expense.
COAL AND MEAT.
States, continued
unanimous
Mr. in
ratlle. Why don't the council have the property?" queried the chairman, but he was informed that it was not worth having
Temunerative Oversea markets
The for what they prodore. In all the primary and many of the Hughes, secondary industries production asking the Commonwealth PASSENGERS DEPARTED.
The continae such measure of coal
Per 9.5. SIBERIA.-Mr. A. J-
far exceeds Incal needs. present position of the fresb, control as would ensure supplies dried. sud preserved fruit in- of cost for industries. It would. dustry may be particularly cited he explained, be necessary to pass Bendersky, Mr. A. E. Bury. Mr. to illustrate the gravity of the legislation in order to bring this Chan Ying, Miss H. M. Closkie. atuation and the necessity for about, as the power which the Mr. F. Ehrhardt. Mr. Fong Yick
now Millions of Commonwealth immediate action.
enjoys Cho, Mr. V. S. Giles, Mr. A. Glatzel, Mr. Sydney Humphreys, money have been spent in determinates this year. veloping this industry and in The question of the export of Mr. G. S. F. Kemp, Mr. Lepog settling soldiers on orchard lands mest had been carefully consider Ngan Lin, Mrs. A. Antonikovsky. year by year. These and other ed and an agreement was arrived Mr. Louis E. Carlson, Mr. James orchards are maturing, and theat to the eFect that the Common-Morton, Mr. W. J. Pettican, Mr. supply of fruit is growing with wealth should make representa-M. 5. Redpath, Mre. M. S. Red- leaps and bounds. No efforts a:tions to the British Government path, Miss Cecile Reynolds, Mrs. land settlement have been with a view of obtaining a sbare Geo. D. Russell, Mr. T. Sumita, soccessful and, paradoxically, it in the
supply by Australia Miss E. Summerskill, Mr. Sin Cheung Wo. Mr. Robert Slessor is the very completeness of our for the
and army access in this direction which "All the Premiers," the Prime Mr. B. J. Stansfield, Ming
Sheppard, Mr. S. Toyoshima, now threatens us with disaster..
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been roade for bearing within the next few vision bad
advance. In Western years. While it is true that trade an with Great Britain and elsewhere Australia and New South Wales has been developed within the the position presents some little. past few years, the volume must difficulty. The position in New be increased very considerably if South Wales is that the Wheat, it is to absorb our ever expending Marketing Bill has not yet passed production. Unless we can find the Legislature. Subject to the profitable markets oversea for our conditions I have laid down, the prodces it is futile to speak of Commonwealth guarantee will be immigration.
available to the farmers of South: Australis. That will necessitate
What applied to the fruit indus-ja pool, and I am sure the farmers
try. Mr. Hughes said, applied would be prepared to undertake
with equal force to meat, dairy that."
produce, and other products. It
wa nanimously agreed that
The Premier of South Australia,
action was imperative and urgent, Mr. Barwell, submitted a pro-
and that this would involve co- opération between the Common- wealth, the State, and the pro-
posal that the Commonwealth should amand the Arbitra- Lion Act in the direction
ducers. It was agreed that two of excepting from the jurisdiction}
things were essential to develop of the Commonwealth Arbitration ment of our export trade, viz
Act questions affecting State:
(1) A paiform standard should instrumentalities. This was un-
animously agreed to.
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