"THIS MIGHTY PRESS."

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 923, 16 September 1910, Page 5

"THIS MIGHTY PRESS."

UPLIFTING THE YOUTH. , SUGGESTION BY SIR G. REID. By Telegraph—Press Association—OopyTieht. '. London, September'l4. The Hon. Harry Lawson, •. M.l\. Presisident of the Journalists' Institute, presided at a banquet in connection with the. Journalists' Conference. There was an' attendance of three hundred and fifty, ' included in ' the 'number being Lord Strathcona (High Commissioner for Canada), Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., Sir W. Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand), and many Australasian, Canadian, and British' journalists. The High Commissioner for Australia, Sir George. Reid, in proposing the toast of the: evening, ■ declared that the Australian' press' was worthy of the highest .traditions of the British press. He humorously suggested that the time was coming "when, every newspaper: would, strive to present both sides of every question for the public- good. He wondered when this mighty; press would condescend' to devote half a column daily to the great .mass of' the i rising' generation, l ' in order h lead-.youth along l the noble paths of the ■ Breatfuture ; awaiting, them.

CHEAP CABLES. ■ "< ' . PENNY-A-WOED TEIiEGEAMS. . London,-September 14. The Journalists' Conference adopted Mr. M'Milian's motion tu thu effect that the time had arrived for binding the Empiri,by. means of, cheap cable messages. ■ Mr. Henniker Ileaton suggosted .a conference of European Postmasters to discuss.: the, matter of penny-a-word tele-, grams.' - .