EMPIRE PARLIAMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 September 1926, Page 4

EMPIRE PARLIAMENTS

AVSTBAMAX CONKERKNC 1'

SYDNEY. September 3

ForU-lwo delegates representing nine Parliaments of the British Empire outside Australia, will arrive in the Commonwealth this month to attend conferences of the Empire Parliamentary Association, in fact, a few days after this appears in print the 1 nited Kingdom. Irish Free State, Canadian and Newfoundland delegations will ■arrive at Auckland aboard the Aorangl. eu route for Sydney. About the same time delegates from South Alrica. India. Southern Rhodesia, and Malta will arrive at the eastern gate ol this continent. New Zealand’s lour delegates: Messrs John Harr. M.L.C.. and J. S. Dickson. W. A. Veitch. and M. J. Savage, M'.P.’s, will accompany the Aorsingi party lrom Auckland to Svd-

Committees in the various Australian States 'have arranged the details of the tour. As far as possible delegates will he given an opportunity of seeing the country and its migration possibilities, as they arc studying the scientific redistribution of the population ol the Empire. After the Aoraugi party lands at Sydney, it will he given a civic reception. In the afternoon a visit will lie paid to Sydney’s famous zoological gardens at Tnrongn Park, and in the evening the delegates will he entertained at a Commonwealth Government dinner. Next day t’’e,v will leave by train for Brisbane, and spend a fortnight in Queensland. The South African and Indian delegates will join the main party in the northern State. On October -1 tli a return will he made to New South Whiles, where the industries of the North .Coast and Newcastle will ho inspected on the way to Sydney. The visitors will attend race meetings at Randwiok., motor to rammis beauty spots, visit the South Coast and he entertained at banquets and socials.

, FEDERAL CAPITAL. Then will follow one of the most important functions of the tour. At Canberra. the new Federal capital, on October lltli. the delegates will gather, and after an inspection of Parliament House the Marquis of Salisbury, head of the British delegation, will formally hand over to the Commonwealth the new Speaker’s Chair, a replica of t'uit in the British House of Commons. made of timber from the historic Westminster Hall and Nelson’s Hagship. the Victory. Two days will he spent in inspecting the Federal territory and the Duntroon Military College. A visit to Burrinjuck dam and a view of shearing and farm operations will complete the programme in this State. MANY TOURS. Arriving at Melbourne on October loth, the delegates ■"• ill tour a greater portion of Victoria in the Reso train, which makes systematic tours of the country demonstrating methods of better fanning. Main- of the important provincial towns will he visited, and

the tourists will also watch the running of tlio Caulfield Cup on October Kith. Tasmania' will bo visited from October 20th to October 27th. On the latter date there will be a joint meeting with Commonwealth and State members of the Empire Parliamentary Association and dinner with these members at Federal Parliament House. There will follow further tours of the State by the Peso train and motorcars. including an inspection of the Victorian electricity work's on the brawn coalfield at Yallourn. Since the delegates will be present in Melbourne on the first Tuesday in November, they must perforce be guests of t-lui A ictoria Pacing Club at Flemington for Australia’s principal turf event, the race for the Melbourne Cup. The party will leave the following day, November 3rd. for Adelaide. The South Australian programme includes a tour of wine-growing districts, the irrigation settlement on the river Mmrav. and Port Pirie. The delegates ! will leave for Western Australia by the transcontinental express, and when K'ey embark at Fremantle towards the t end of November they will have seen more of the Commonwealth than most | Australians are ever likely to see.