THE N.S.W. PREMIER IN LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 168, 16 July 1892, Page 5

THE N.S.W. PREMIER IN LONDON.

IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

(Received, 11 a.m.)

London, July 15. At a banquet which Mr Dibbs bendered to several nobables, Lord Kimberly, who presided, in proposing Mr Dibbs's health, said he thought Imperial Federation was premature ab present, and might possibly be prejudicial to bhe relations existing between the colonies and England if it was forced before ib was mabured. .. He expressed the opinion that the colonial enigma would bo best solved by allowing the colonies the fullest control over their own affairs.

Responding to the toasb, Mr Dibb3 said that no colonist had ever received so many social compliments as himself, whioh he attributed to the wish to honour New South Wales. The contingent which New Soubh Wales had sent bo the Soudan War was an indication of what the colonies would do if thotimei arrived whon England really needed assistance. He failed to see that Imperial Federation would benefit the colonies, and contended thab no federation would bring the colonies closer to England than* they were at present, though he admitted thab a closer commercial union was possible. H.e referred to the defamations which had been published regarding the colonies, and explained the efforts which had been made to obtain benefits from the Trusts Act.

Lord Carrington proposed " The United Empire," Sir Chas. Tuppe. responding.