PREMIERS IN BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1173, 7 July 1911, Page 5

PREMIERS IN BRITAIN.

SIR J. G, WARD BANQUETED. ONE NAVY FOR THE EMPIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association— OopyriEbt (Rec. July 6, 11.30 p.m.) ; London, July G. i The Freedom of the Leathersellers Company lias been conferred on Sir Josopn Ward, Bart., in recognition of his services to the Empire, and also in commemoration of the company's association ( with the late Sir John Hall, of New /lea- ■ land. , • After tho ceremonial, Sir Josopn Ward was banqueted, among thoso pre- ! sent being Lord Addington, Sir Edward Montaguo Nelson, Sir Edward Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland,, Mr. Percival Kidd, and Judge Jackson-Pal-mer, of New Zealand. Tho Warden of the company, Mr. Pull- ( man, in proposing Sir ''Joseph Wards health, said Englishmen would never forget how New Zealand, promoted by Sir Joseph Ward, had offered a Dreadnought when a cloud of danger had threatened the Motherland. Sir Joseph Ward, in responding, said it was only natural that when the horizon was clouded the people of New Zealand should show the outside world that the Motherland had their whole-souled support. Tho outcome of the Imperial Conference would go a long way to draw the Empire closer together. He looked forward to tho time when the overseas Dominions and the Motherland would share the burdens of Empire proportionately to their populations. He had always urged that there should he one great Navy under ono set of brains in one place. What was the ttse of talking local navies? The trouble would be over before they could act, and they would, be of no earthly use if the Motherland were overwhelmed. New Zealand's action had besn promoted by a desire to make the people of Great Britain recognise that the youncrer off-shoots of the Empire were not ungrateful for past support. UNITED CLUB LUNCHEON. THE EMPIRE OF THE FUTURE. (Rec. July 6, 10.30 p.m.) London, July 6. At a luncheon at (.he United Club to Sir Joseph Ward, Sir John Fiudlay, 1 Sir Edward Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland, and other oversea visitors, Mr. Walter Long, M.P., in proposing the toast, "Our Guests," said that throughout the Imperial Conference there had been one unbroken thread of deep gonuino affection linking the Dominions and tho Motherland. This would ennblo Britain to look forward with as much confidence to the future as it could look back with pride to tho past. ' Sir Joseph WJard, in responding, declared that he never anticipated tho possibility of forcing the pac« quicker than the representatives of the Motherland would allow. There was, however, ono thing on which all were agreed, tfnd which he did not regard as a party question, namely, the naval defence of the Empire as a whole. (Cheers.) ENTERTAINED BY GLASGOW. 1 ' London, July 5. The Glasgow Corporation is entertaining the oversea members of Parliament, who sailed on the Clyde "and .-visited the io'chs. They will attend a civic banquet in the evening, and witness tho presentation of tho freedoms of tho city to Sir Joseph Ward, Mr. Fisher, and Lord Kitchener to-morrow. MR, FISHER AT KILMARNOCK. London, July 5. Mr. A. Fisher, Prims Minister of Australia, has been presented with a silver casket containing the Freedom of Kilmarnock.