COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1735, 28 April 1906, Page 2

COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

By telegraph, Press A*s’n, Copyright London, April 27. At the Coloniel Institute dinner, remarking that he too had been a man on the Bpot, Lord Elgin proceeded warmly to eulogise Lord Seiborn&’s loyal co-opera-tion, who, although unlikely, sympathised with all instructions giveD. He added : " Mr Smythe, the Natal Premier, is a near kinsman of mine and a playmate in my boyhood. I mention the fact to show how repugnant it would be to my whole feelings to say that I intended to throw an obstacle in his path. Lord Elgin ex* pressed his entire sympathy with Natal, and oordially wished for a successful and honorable exit from the difficulties at present. The Transvaal offered help, and be hoped the opinion of the colonies and at Home would support him and his colleague in the disohsrge of their responsible duties. The meDticn of Mr Wics'on Churchill evoked hisses, and an ironical exolamation, Lord Elgin remarking interrupters might do him the courtesy of showing reepeot to his colleague. Mr Sydney Buxton proposed land Lord Amphtbil responded to the toast of " The Uoited^Empire.” Lord Stratbcona proposed " The Chairman."

The Timea eays that Lord E'gin made an eminently etatesmanlike speech. Regarding the interruption, Mr Churchill's indefatigable energy and induslry were unquestioned, but his utterances frequently seemed to favor a desre to gain faoile applause from politicians at Home and for moro parly purposes rather than securing confidence in those bearing the heat and burden in a distant land.