AUSTRALIA IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1779, 18 June 1913, Page 7

AUSTRALIA IN LONDON

COMMONWEALTH'S SAVINGS BANK DEPARTMENT. k BOON TO f> EMIGRANTS, By Telegraph—Press 'Association—Copyright London, .Time IG. Sir Har-tmann Wolfgang Just (Assitst-ant-UndeF-Secrelary for the Colonies), Hon. A. A. Kirkpatrick (Agent-General for South' Australia), Captain R. M. Collins, C.M.G. (Official Secretary in Great Britain of tho Commonwealth. of Australia), Sir Charles E..Tritton (banker), and a number of city men and Australians attended the inauguration ceremony of' tho Commonwealth's Savings Bank Department. Sir Georgo Reid (High Commissioner) and Lady Reitl made tho first deposits.' Sir Georgo 'Heid, in a brief address, emphasised tho advantago of the bonk to emigrants, who would bo enabled to deposit their money, which would 'earn 3 per cent, while they wore on tho sea, and would be then transmitted to/Australia free of charge. COMMONWEALTH BUILDINGS. London, Juno 16. His Majesty tho King lays the founda-tion-stone of tho Commonwealth Buildings on July 24. MESSAGE TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE. MR. WATT'S FAREWELL. London, June 10. The Hon, W. A, Watt, Premier of Victoria, was farewolled by the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Mr. Lewis Harcourt) at tho Colonial Office, and the Empire Parliamentary Association farewolled Mr. Watt on the Terrace at Westminster. The Hon. Lewis Harcourt, the Hon. Alfred Emmott (Under-Secretary for tho Colonies), Lord Blyth, Lord Sheffield, Sir Georgo Reid, Sir Joseph Ward, and a number of, Parliamentarians were present. Mr. Watt, through the press, lias thanked tho people of Groat Britain for their hospitality. Ho outlined tho advantages Australia had to offer emigrants. Australia wanted men end women. for the land—slvo had a sufficiency of city dwellers. Ho said he believed that Imperial trade could bo developed without violating the fiscal views of anyone. He hoped the English papers would"devote greater attention in their columns to Australian! affairs.