A COLONIAL TOUR.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 428, 10 February 1909, Page 7

A COLONIAL TOUR.

SIR C. LUCAS'S PROGRAMME, FREE DISCUSSION. BENEFICIAL RESULTS PREDICTED. (DT TItBQEIrn—FBEBS ASSOCiiTION—COIT BlOnT.]' j London, February 8. '• A Colonial Office official, in the course of an interviow, remarked that the proposed; visit of Sir Charles Lucas, head of tho Do- ; minions Department of the Colonial Office, to Australia and New Zealand, was intended to bo the forerunner of others. Sir Charles. Lucas was prepared to froely discuss overj conceivable subjoot tho Ministers of .Vie Colonies may desiro discussion upon. After visiting West Australia, Sir Charlej will proceed to Adelaide, Molbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Hobart, New Zealand, and Fiji, and will probably return via Canada. He is expected to be absent for six months. All the details of his movomonts will bo left te his own discretion. * ' The Agents-General and the Hon. W. HallJones (High Commissioner for New Zealand) predict a cordial welcome for Sir Charles Lucas and beneficial results from his visit to tho colonies. ' LORD MILNER'S VIEWS. (Roc. Feb. 9, 10.45 p.m.) London, February 9. Lord Milner, in the course of an interview, suggested that it would bo wise for the Motherland to lend officials to any Dominion desiring advisors. Ultimately the system of interchange would doubtless prove popular.