Record Reign Celebrations.
(Per Press Association.) London, June 15. Chief Justice Way, of South Australia, who had been elected Past Grand Warden of the United Grand Lodge of Freemasons of England, availed himself of the opportunity to present the Prince oi Wales with • joint address of congratulations to the Queen from the Masonic Grand Lodges of South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand. June 16. Speaking at Glaagow, Mr Laurier said tbe colonies were prond of their frit position and aspired to play a greater part than they hitherto had done. They desired to press onward until they fullj shared in the United Empire. At a meeting of the Colonial Institute Mr Grimwade, a member of the Vic< torian Legislative Council, iaid Victoria was determined to clear off every pennj of her obligation. He believed the colon} had seen the end of its troubles. Pretoria, June 16, The Volksraad will adjourn over the period of the Jubilee oelebrations in England, and the public offices of the Republic will be closed. While agreeing to the adjournment several members oi the Volksraad denied Suzerainty of Brit' am over the Transvaal. Melbourne, This Day. The Cabinet recommends the Governor to remit the sentences of a numbei of first offenders during the Jubilee.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 293, 17 June 1897, Page 2
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