IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.
DELEGATES DISAGREE,
SIR JOSEPH WARD'S MOTION WITHDRAWN. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright London, Yesterday. The sittings of the Imperial Conference were resumed to-day. Mr Lewis Harcourt. Secretary of State for the Colonies, presided,fand outlined his proposal for a Standing Committee to bridge the gap between the Conferences.
Mr Fisher, Sir Joseph Ward, and E. K. Batchelor agreed that such machinery was needed.
Mr Botha, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Edward Morris, and M. Malan disagreed, preferring subsidiary conferences to consider special questions. Mr Harcourt said that while the discussion was informative, the want of unanimity compelled him to withdraw hia motion.
Sir Joseph Ward withdrew his motion dealing with the reconstruction of the Colonial Office. The New Zealand delegate's motion favouring the interchange of visits of Civil servants between Britain and the Dominions was carried.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 368, 10 June 1911, Page 5
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135IMPERIAL CONFERENCE. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 368, 10 June 1911, Page 5
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