HAPPY AUGURY
PRELIMINARY ASSEMBLY NAVAL CONFERENCE DELEGATES INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. . Ul.ueu Presw) Association —By Electric Telegraph Copy iiguL.! Received 11.45 a.in. to-day. LONDON, Jan. 20. - N-11 tii-e naval c_ S ;1 Si-r.Olll Iv.C'Ci ill uio Cabinet room to discuss tlie preliminaries. Only the Italians wore silk nats and frock coats the others being m lounge' suits and some in ielt fiats. Frey were barely seated when the noise of RilOO overhead' delayed commencement of the proceedings for some minutes. The informal meeting was cordial and is described as a. happy augury oi the spirit of the conference. The first real ceremonial! will be at Buckingham Palace this afternoon, when all delegates will be personally presented to His Majesty the King. When the King opens the conference to-momv his speech will be brief and ail will remain standing during its de.ivoiv, after which His Majesty will retire. Heads of the other delegations will sneak in turn.
the seating 'plan will be in the form of a. horseshoe table. Reading from jft to right the members wi ! d be seated as follows:—United St litre, Australia, Canada. France, Great Britain, India, Irish Free State. Italy, Japan, New Zealand and South Africa.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 21 January 1930, Page 5
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197HAPPY AUGURY Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 21 January 1930, Page 5
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