Gullett joined the new United Australia Party in 1931 , and was re-appointed Minister for Trade and Customs when the Lyons Government took office in January 1932 . He lobbied Lyons against including the Country Party in the ministry , predicting " they will prove filthy foes and will stab you all the way from the corner " . Later in 1932 , Gullett and Stanley Bruce represented Australia at the British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa , which attempted to establish Imperial Preference , a system of tariff concession within the British Empire . He suffered from poor health on his return and resigned from the ministry in January 1933 . In the same month he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George for his work at the Ottawa Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
British Empire Economic Conference
Henry Gullett