PREMIERS IN BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1176, 11 July 1911, Page 5

PREMIERS IN BRITAIN.

SIR J. G. WARD AT BIRMINGHAM. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyrleht London, July 9. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, Mrs. and Captain Scddon, and other Australians and New Zealanders are now in Birmingham. Sir Joseph Ward was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, la responding to the students, who appear to have received tho Chancellor's permission to speak, after expressions of gratitude, Sir Joseph Ward asked, on behalf of New Zealand, that a message be sent to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Saturday being his birthday, expressing good wishes, recognition of his Imperial work, and sympathy with him on his protracted illness. . Subsequently Sir Joseph Ward visited Mr. Chamberlain. Speaking at the Chamber of Commerce, banquet at Birmingham in the evening, Sir Joseph Wand said it would be better to teach children the history of each colony than that of Greece and Rome. The colonies, he added, ought to contribute per. head to tho British Navy, which was the colonies' only preservation. Mr. M'Gowen, Premier of New South Wales, in an address to the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, justified and explained the New South Wales social legis- | lation. He emphasised the State's ma- i terial prosperity and resources. The Australians sought to live in conditions mak- : ing for tho best physical and mental de- ' velopment, and the highest industrial ', standard; hence they were determined to ' secure a strong and sturdy race. Tho speaker quoted tho preferential - trade statistics, as justifying the conclu- j sion that blood was thicker than water, i and always told. 1