COMMONWEALTH HOUSE

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 189, 26 July 1913, Page 5

COMMONWEALTH HOUSE

FOUNDATION STONE CERE MON Y.

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London. July 25.

The "Times” vividly contrasts the foundation of Canberra in the heart of rhe busli. and th:- foundation of the offices in heart of the Empire wi'liin a tear.

The "Daily Telegraph' s t.v s t Econo thing needed to raise th? Empire above all danger in full naval cg-

■ potation is the strategic sense. ->ui the Common woalt h House >u heart il •• ndoii Gauds as a majestic tokee of tideliiv to ihf- Eiiipile.

The "Dailv New- says Australia i- the most typaallv British portion f the Empire and is mite E.’giis! than England m Blood, speech ami habit. Ms dominion is richer in pro mise. The King’s icfcrenccs. to Australia’s loyalty wire punctuated wit 1 ' applause, which if contrary to Court etiquette, was none the less welcome. KING EDWARD'S HORSE. London. July 25. The Guard of Honour consisted of King Edward's jjorse. composed of 23 Australians. 2-1 Canadians. ]l New Zealanders. 21 South Africans. 15 Anglo-Indians. 2 West Indians, and I renr-'sentatives of Crown colonies. COST OF BUILDING.

Melbourne. July 25.

The erection of the Commonwealth House in London will cost £207.000. and will take two years.

MESSAGE TO DISTANT SUBJECTS.

[.SYDNEY “SVN” SERVICE COPYRIGHT. | London. July 25.

The "Times” says that the King’s speech at the ceremony touched the very chords which those present would have wished, and conveyed a message full of sincere affection and trust to his distant subjects beneath the Southern Cross. AUSTRALIA’S PROGRESS. { PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] (Received 26. 9.0 a.m.) London. July 25. "The Times” says it is rather more than twelve years since King George, as the Duke of York, open ed at Melbourne the first Parliament of the Commonwealth. During all that time the new Dominion had prospered more and more abundant ly, and in the process had impressed itself with a new and welcome force upon the common life of the British world.