LUNCHEON TO MR. FISHER.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1131, 19 May 1911, Page 5

LUNCHEON TO MR. FISHER.

ft ■ WELCOME IN LONDON. By Teleeraph-Fress Assoeiation-Copyrislit London, ATay 17. Mr. A. Fisher (Primo Minister of Australia), Senator Pearco (Minister for Defence), and Mr. E. L. Batchelor (Minister for External Affairs), wero entertained at luncheon at the Trocadero by Sir Gcorgo Reid, High Commissioner for Australia. Among those present wero: Mr. LloydGoorge (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Mr. Leu-is Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonics), Lord, Denman (the newlyappoiuted Governor-General' of thd Commonwealth), Lord Strathcona (Canadian High Commissioner), Sir Joseph Ward (Primo . Minister of New Zealand), tho Lord Mayor, tho leading London editors, Admiral. Sir R. Henderson, Sir Charles Lucas (of tho Colonial Office), Sir William Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand), tho , Australian AgentsGeneral, Mr.' M'GoTven (Premier of New South Wnlcs), Sir Elliott Lewis (Tasmania), Sir J.- , Downer, Sir J. Forrest,, Judge Cohen, Messrs. Higgs, Fuller, Bowman, Collins, Hnnt, W. A. Horn, Kelly, Pethbridge, Hackett, and Geoffrey Fairfax. Sir Gnorgo Reid, referring to tho Coronation, said that, for the first timo in.history, they had a King who knew his Dominions from personal obsei-vation. Mr. Fisher, in responding to the toast of his health, paid 'a", tribute' to the hospitality accorded him in England. If ho had a desire above any other, speaking as an individual, it was that the British statesmanship which enabled the Dominions to freely develop might long continue to be further extended. "By meeting together," continued Mr. Fisher, "we get into closer touch with large issues, enabling us to avoid friction which might occasionally arise between different parts of the Empire." Tho speaker added that he looked forward to the timo when such conferences might embrace not. merely the Empire, but English-speaking peoples, in tho interests of poace. Mr. Batchelor and Senator Pcarce also responded. Mr. Lowis Harcourt, Colonial Secretary, proposed ,a vote of thanks to Sir George Reid. THE PRIME MINISTERS BANQUETED. (Rcc. May 18, 11.35 p.m.) London, May 18. Tho members of tho Inner Temple banqueted Sir Joseph Ward, Mr. Fisher, and Sir N. B; Lewis, Premier of Tasmania. There was a large gathering of Judges nnd King's Counsel present. The Inner Temple is one of the Inns of Court, tlio legal societies in London which have tho exclusive privilege of calling candidates to the Bar, and maintain instruction and examination for that purpose.