IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7825, 18 June 1909, Page 2

IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE DELEGATES. 4? OXFORD. • LONDON, June 17. i Replying to Lord Curzon's toast yesterday at. the luncheon at Oxford to the Press delegates, Mr Hacket, Westi Australia, declared that the overseas! universities moulded their lines qjji ox-! ford and Cambridge; hence, they'had drawn an inspiration which made the colonial , universities formidable rivals to the old seats of learning. The colonies had been drawn m a special manI ncr closer to. Oxford by the Rhodes her : quest. The colonies were unable to re-> cognise that Oxford University, was the property of Oxford. It was" rather the: ' possession of the, whole. Empire. I The delegates expressed themselves as, intensely interested with. the, Shef* field industries,. i Received June JB,. 8,55 a.m, LONDON, June 17. The F-ress delegates saw the'workmepmaking a 12-inch g;un at Vickora> aW* maxhns which wo beinjy - ma^c Sheffield, ana tho wlhup'-i- o^ +f>n nf *h] S RTlk^ Mr Vickers, on behalf: ot the.doUgatea. He referred to his: Qanv experience as a railway engineer, as enabling him to appreciate the firm's sterling work. To-day, the delegates, after motoring to the Peak district, lunched at Chatsworth, whence they went to Bux-; ton, Stock-port and Manchester.