THE PREMIERS FETED.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10964, 6 May 1907, Page 3

THE PREMIERS FETED.

ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET. : (Press Assn. — By Telegraph.-7-Copyright.j ' (Received May 6, 9.4 a.m.)' -SV LONDONiMay 5. , The Prince of" Wales, Due of /Gonnaught, foreign ' "_mba_-_4,orsi'A _• -Ag? 11 *®-, General, and -dj^Rudyard'Eriing' .were present at- the RgyaiA,cadeqay .banquet m honor of the Pr_nrers. The.toast of the' "Dominions * Bevpfad the Seas." * was substituted for the Tieual one bf "Literature . and Science*" „_Jir EL Poyiiter, m proposing it, ,i-fferred to the artistic bodies of Aastralafiar It seeinedT .ertain, . he said, that thfe -colonies would soon have a national art of their own, -taking perhaps unexpected developments. Mr Dea_fn, responding, 6aid already they had- something, native, not merely imitatjiTO} but initiative. Austrajia labored under unexpected artistic disabilities. The original -ettlerS", were * strangers, m a st-angeilajid, weighed down with deep^ seated memories of the Old Country and blind to"the»__i_n_tion of the new, hence the unerpecfed note of melancholy: Tliis was false to Australia. Art must look forward and not backward. The vigor of the people combined with- the Simulating and exhilarating sunshine and-atmosphere, . the boundless natural nsources and beauties, yielded deeper qualities under the inspiration of fiery faith m the destiny of their country. ' Mr Churcni'i and Captain Guest, representing ihe Colonial Office, accompanied Sir Joseph Ward, Messrs Bond, Moor, and General Botha to Manchester, where they were presented with the freedom of the city at the Town Hall. The ceremony was followed by a luncheon. The speeches made emphasised the* , necessity of developing trade between La jcashir _ and the colonies: , Sir Joseph Ward made an earnest appeal for reciprocity, warning his hearers not to neglect German competition.