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Show . Ttritish Boards of Trade. London, June 38. The great congress of the chamber of commerce of the empire opened today with Sir John Lubbock presiding. presid-ing. Delegates from Canada, Australia, India, New Zealand and Cape Colony are present. It is the largest fair trade demonstration demon-stration ever held in this country, and although al-though the programme is ostensibly based upon the principles of the Imperial Federation Federa-tion League, the revival of protection seems to be the prevading spirit. |