OUR PREMIER.
HIS DOINGS IN MELBOURNE.
NEW HEBRIDES.
Bjj telegraph, Pre»a Asa'n, CopyfcijbH Reoeivod 12.53 o.m.i June 5.
Melbourne, Jape 4. A meeting took piece this motniDg between Mr Deakin, Sir William Lyne, and Mr Beddon. Metiers previously diroussea with Mr Deakin were gone through, and it was deoided to continue the conference to morrow morning. Mr Beddon a'tmdcd the races at Ulemington to day. Ho tbiuks tbeccurse sur» paseeß anything bo ever saw, and the equipment is very complete. The last I time he was on the course was forty years ago, when Volunteer and Taragon ran a dead heat for the championship. The Beddon family lunoheoncd with the I Governor and Lady Talbot. . To ' 1 Now Zealanders tendered a social to Mr I Beddon at the Grand Hotel, whiob has been beautifully decorated. Two hundred were preeent. The proceedings were tn-
The Argus and Age both publish articles on Mr Seddon’s views on New Hebrides. The Argus says : His vigorous remarks will find response in hearts of loyal Australians, because they eppea, to the patriotio instincts of an Imperial raoe. , Mt Seddon never hesitates to put his own views strongly and persistently before the t j Colonial Office. He has been blamed for is»ertiveneep, but pcsaibJy he has 3 upon the only means cf quickening the 1 torpid imagination of Brivisn officialdom. I The Age says :Mr Beddon deserves the thunks of the Commonwealtb. He_wenl straight to the point, aDd with admirable I directness tore aside tbe diplomatic veu I which had hitheito o’oaked the movements of the Imperial authorities and their dealings with the New Hebrides, and revealed the culprits responsible for ibo misohief done. . Both papers also have articles on the I question of reciprocity.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1765, 5 June 1906, Page 2
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