ABOUT DEAKIN.
NEWSPAPER PRAISE.
Press Assn—By Telegraph—Copyright Loudon, Jan. 9.
The Times deeply regrets Mr Deakin's retirement. Englishmen regarded him as one of the leaders of the whole Imperial movement, whose vision ranged beyond his own dominion. Received 12.20 a.m. London, Yesterday. The newspapers give prominence to Mr Deakin's resignation. The Chronicle says the Empire loses a forceful character, and one whose prestige was only second to Sir Wilfrid Laurier's.
The Daily News remarks that he terminates his political life as he began it—plain Alfred Deakin. He was one of the very few colonial statesmen holding that titual honours from the Motherland were not a fitting reward for public service in the newer States of the Empire. The Morning Post declares that Mr Deakin was one of our race's leaders.
AUSTRALIAN REFERENCES. Received 12.50 a.m. Sydney, Jan. 9. The newspapers pay tributes to Mr Deakin's statesmanship and regret the causes of the retirement of so prominent a figure in Commonwealth politics.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1819, 10 January 1913, Page 5
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