SPEECH BY COLONEL SEELEY.
Colonel Seeley, Undor-Secretarv for the Colonies, presiding at a complimentary 'banquet to Sir J. W. Taverner, Victorian Agent-General, declared that all in thp Colonial Office recognieed the great services to the Empire rendered by representatives of the Colonies. Lord Banfurly, replying to the toast of "The Empire," said that in all the colonies the people were even more loyal to the Crown than the dwellers in the ■Motherland. He instanced New Zealand's action in leading the way with the gift of a Dreadnought, and other States doing all in their power to increase the strength of the Navy.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13595, 2 December 1909, Page 7
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