COLONIALS AT HOME.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 131, 19 May 1911, Page 1

COLONIALS AT HOME.

; BANQUETS AND SPEECHES. [press association. —COPYRIGHT]. London, May 18. The benches of the Inner Temple banqueted Sir J. G. Ward, Mr. i Fisher and Sir N. E. Lewis, Pre-} ! mier of Tasmania. There was a I large gathering of judges and King’s Counsel. MR. FISHER VISITS SCOTLAND (Received 19, 9.45 a.m.) London, May 18. Mr. Fisher was accompanied on j his visit to Scotland by his wife ! and son, Sir George Reid, and Mr. } Keir Hardie. He was welcomed at 1 Glasgow by the Provost, Councillors, Miners’ Executive, and the leading citizens. The party mot- ; ored through Burns’ country and : Ayr, visited Mosgiel, inspected the } Burns manuscripts, and had lunchj eon at the ‘‘Auld Brig o’ Doon.” ' MR. FISHER IN SCOTLAND. I — AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.; — “A MAN’S A MAN FOR A’ THAT.” j } (Received 19, 10.10 a.m.) London, May 18. j I Mr. Fisher, Premier of Australia, i ! received an enthusiastic welcome; ; on his visit to Scotland.

There was a great demonstration! at Crosshouse village, where he ! was born. Miners fresh from the' pit, villagers and school children,} took part in the welcome. Old' miners who were his comrades inj Mr. Fisher’s colliery days, and old women wrung his hand effusively, school children singing “A man’s; a man for a’ that.” Mr. Fisher was much moved when he was returning thanks for; his reception. j SIR J. FORREST’S BANNER. ' A religious function took place in the Chapel of St. Michael and St. George at St. Paul’s Cathedral, in l the shape of the offering of Sir J. i Forrest’s banner. Lady Forrest} was present, and Sir Joseph Ward,} besides Lord and Lady Denman ] and a number of Australians. THE IMPERIAL IDEA. The “Pall Mall Gazette,” complimenting Sir G. Reid on yesterday’s j striking reception, says that as i Labour Ministers Messrs. Fisher, ■ Bachelor, and Pearce enlist the} curiosity and interest of all politi-' cians, and that what strikes one; about Mr. Fisher and his colleagues ; is the ingenousness wherewith} they approach the biggest interna-! tional problems. Mr. Fisher has} high ideals of the Bond of Em-j pire with him, but there is indica-; tion of a larger bond of amity of; English-speaking nations. This I was an admirable sentiment. He I thought it did not obliterate one’s; consciousness of intervening diffi-! ! culties, but yesterday’s sentiments 1 I were pregnant of aid to the Im-} J perial idea.