THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.
ANNUAL DINNER. ' [Special to Press Association.] LONDON, Makch 7. At tko annual dinner of fciie Colonial Institute, Lord Jersey, the president, congratulated Australasia on Lord Brasaey’s appointment to the Governorship of Victoria, which, he be a great gain to the cause of a united Empire. Lord Brascey would bring to his duties an amount of earnestness, knowledge, and kindly interest which few men could. He would find hia reward in the generous nature of the Australians. Adverting to the recent cricket matches, Lord Jersey said that he regarded these toura aa cementing the Empire. Ho thanked Lord Eipon for bringing forward the Customs Bill, which was a proof that Great Britain was willing to meet the wishes of the colonies. It seemed hard, though, that British goods should be treated by the colonies as foreign. Sir C. Dilke advocated a British cable to the Cape, India and Australia. Lord Brassey, in proposing the toast of the Navy, said that the colonies had done all that could be expected towards the defence of the Empire.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10601, 9 March 1895, Page 5
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