OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 February 1930, Page 5

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Dinner parties. , (Official Wireless.) (Received this day at 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Feb. 24. Mr A. Henderson gave n dinner at the Foreign Office this evening in honour of the delegates to the Naval Conference. In addition to members of the Government, leaders of other parties were among the guests. Mrs Henderson, at the same time, gave a dinner party to the- wives and daughters of delegates to the Nava] Conference at No. 10 Downing , St., which was placed at her disposal by the Prime Minister and Miss MacDonald. EGYPTIAN DELEGATION RUGBY, Feb. 24. It is announced that the Egyptian delegation, headed bv the Egyptian Prime Minister, Nahas Pasha, is by agreement with the British Government, coining to London during the last week in March, to negotiate on the proposals made by the Foreign Secretary. Mr Arthur Henderson, and to con hide an Anglo-Egyptian Agreement. It is midersted that Sir Percy Loraine (British Commissioner for Egypt and Sudan) has been asked to be present in London during the negotiations, and will leave for England about tiie middle of March, SIMON INDIAN REPORT RUGBY, FeN. 24. The Secretary for India, Mr Wedgewood Benn, said he hoped to lie able to say in a week when the Simon Commission Report would be ready.