CLOUDS DISPERSED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 307, 22 August 1932, Page 5

CLOUDS DISPERSED

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CLOSING SCENES j

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Ihe. Aug. 21, 5.5 p.m. ; I Ottawa, August 20. j The conference ended with a 92 i minutes plenary session, in a cere- ! monious eharacter in the Commons j Chambcr, where the conference. 1 opened. The galleries were crowded. : A tablc was plaeed in the centre of j the cluimber, where the leaders of j the delegates sat. The iissembly stood while, the J Prime Minister, IVIr. R. B. Bennett, j iread the address to the King. Xo luention was made of the fact ' ! that thf Irish Free State was the! only deiegation that had not made i an agreement with Great Britain. | Jlr. Stanley Baldwin declared that the conference had opened with blue , rhies and sunshine, then there were 1 storras, thunder and lightning and j they wero nearly washed out, but it Ttas an auspicious omen that they were niding on the best day they had yet had. Jlr, S. M. Bruce said that the success of the conference. was mainly due to ?,Ir. Bennett's guidance. They came with firm hopes to achieve and they Ira- 1 succeeded. He helieved that they !;; ,\ made some contribution toward ihe restoration of prosperity of tlu- Kmpire and the whole world Jlr. Coates said that the result of also. the conference would prove a great advank'ge to the Dominions, and would mean the restoration of the tfelfare of the people. He helieved that OTawa would prove the turnkg point in the world's troubled conlition. Jlr. Bennett, in declaring the eonferenco closed, read the King's message. v The King said: "The worlc has heen arduon and intricate, and I rejoice that ycur achievement has justified 'he him expectations with which the conference began. You have not only concluded a practical agreement, but ;ako adopted plans to help future deAelopniont. I am confident that the j result of your labour will spread mu- : tuai helpfulness and real benefit to % people. I wish you a speedy and isafe jt urney homeward.