Parleys for Trade Accord with Japan Continue Sydney, Sept. 14.
Australian. statesmen and poli cians assembled at Canberra are following the Sino-Japanese conflict with closest attention. It.is known that the Australian trade representative in Shanghai, who together with his colleagues in Tokyo and Batavia, was to have returned here for the purpose of attending the conference, has been instructed to remain at his post for the time being.
Australia is continuing to export large quantities of metal to the Far East It is also known that there has been no interruption in the negotiations for the conclusion of a new commercial treaty with Japan, mainly on the lines of the existing temporary agreement whereby Japan will continue to be granted a certain quota for the import of Japanese art silk and woollen goods whilst Australia will be guaranteed the sale in Japan of certain stipulated quantities of wool.—Trans-Ocean.
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