London, Oct. 31.
At a meeting of influential shippers in. Manchester to-day, the scheme for better and more direct selling methods in India proposed (Geteber 28, "was upanimonsly The scheme was proposed for the purpose of restoring and increasing the Lancashire trade in piece goods with "India. The general idea is that Lancashire. should have. its own agents in India acting in unity with Indians who would distribute manufactured goods direct to Indian customers, thus eliminating the heavy overhead distribution charges Which are at present met between the cost of the goods when they Jeave the loom in Lancashire and the cost to Indian consumers.
A further meeting: will be conyoked comprising all Manchester: shippers. It was suggested at the meet Som to-day that the new concern styled: the Anglo-Indo Corporation should be capitalised with £500,000 to £1,000,000.—Reuter. est of the delegation indicates the" importance which Government, attaches to its deliberations. The Government be-Tieves that with goodwill and patience and the desire and capacity to understand each other's points of view the Round Table Conference should be able to make progress in securing @ measure of agreement as preliminary to the concluding Stage of parliamentary discussion It is understood that the following are among the important subjects to be discussed at the Conference:
(1) Classification of - subjects under the following heads: (a) Roads, bridges, ferries, ete. (b) Maritime shipping and ion. (c) Lighthouses. (d) Indian Audit. Department.(e) Commerce. (f) trading Companies and other Asso dations. (g) Control of arms and Jammunition., (h) Railway Police; Railway jurisdiction in States territories; "Generally—administered jaraas; Excluded areas; Form of Treaties or Conventions with States lon entry into Federation, (2) Distribution of " legislative powers between central "and pro: vineial legislatures; composition and strength of Federal Legislature; fetalls of procedure to be followed by the legislature when central as
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