1 JUNE 1929, Page 3

A British Economic Mission Ever since the Prince of Wales'

tour in South America in 1925 there. has been talk of doing more to encourage British trade there. The idea has at last taken tangible form in the appointment of an Economic .Mission, which, after preliminary soundings at home, will proceed to the Argentine and Brazil, and examine the possibilities for strengthening existing industrial, commercial, and finan- cial relations. Lord D'Abernon has consented to lead the Mission, thus adding still .further to his remarkable record of public service, and his colleagues include prominent representatives Of the . iron and steel, the engineering and the textile industries. They will be accompanied by Mr. H. 0. Chalkley, Commercial Coun- sellor to the British Embassy in Buenos Aires.