SIR JOHN TAVERNER.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1680, 21 February 1913, Page 5

SIR JOHN TAVERNER.

FAREWELLEI) IN - LONDON. : By >Telegrapli--PreßS Aiaooiatlon-Oopyrlehi ; London, February, 19. ' There was a large' gathering at; the Trocadero, Alderman Truscott. presiding, to bid farewell {o Sir John Taverner, who is retiring frdm the; position of Agent.General for. Victoria. , Speakers expressed tegret ot Sir John's coming,deliartiitq.^--. Sir John Tdverner, in : responding; referred to his relations, with Sir George Reidji High Commissioner for Australia. It wa&, he said, untrue that the AgentsGeneral/had -worked: at cross purposes. He thought it would be a mistake to abolish tho Agents-Generei, whoSe duties did not ' clash, with those of .the Federal representative. lie might fairly say that Victoria hid no national debt, becaiiso her railways represented the. money borrowed. He Suggested, the establishment of an'. Imtjeriiil Emigration Department, una. responsible, Mijiiisi^ri- ( to^'^operate• with : the oversea .Q6fe&is&(&''wd'liajro-' Thousands of, likely lads were bemg .wast--ed in the-Motherland. . . Lord Emmott,-representing tho Government, proposed'the toast of "The /Empire"! 1 .• ■■ ■ - ' ."CRABBING" OLD ENGLAND.} . (Rec. February 20, 9.50 p.m.) •' ■'. ■ ; London, February 20. The attendance at-the banquet'numi bered 250, including i Sir William HallJones, Sir Joseph Ward,' and the lion. T. Mackenziei (New Zealand High Commissioner). . ■ '' - ■ . Lord , Ernmof (Under-Secretary for the Colonies) stated that there were no signs that British enterprise.. was dead. . The Mother Country was not yet & back nuin-' ber. The hibit of ."crabbing" Old Eng- ■ land: tended to arouse disrespect intongsl her daughter nations. Britain reooiyed with real .emotions the recent offers .to' help to bear her burdens of defchoe, -which ■ wore magnifloently generous. ! '