MAJESTIC TOKEN.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13138, 26 July 1913, Page 3

MAJESTIC TOKEN.

FIDELITY OF THE EMPIRE. COMMONWEALTH OFFICES. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, July 25. The Guard of Honor of King Edward's Horse was composed of 23 Australians, 24 Canadians, 11 New Zealanders, two West Indians, and four representatives of other Crown Colonies. The Times says the 'King's speech touched the very chords which those ( present would have wished. He con- . veyed- a- message- full of sincere affection ■■■ and trust for his distant subjects beneath the Southern Cross. * . '•. i ' The Telegraph says the .one thing needed io raise the Empire above all danger is full naval co-operation in the ' strategic sense, but the Commonwealth house in the heart of London stands' as a majestic token of the fidelity of the Empire. The Daily News says Australia is the most typically British portion of the Empire. It is more English than England in blood, speech, and habit. No Dominion is richer in promise. The. Ring's references to Australia's loyalty were punctuated with applause, and if this was contrary N^oi Court eti-\ quette it was none the less; -welcome. The Times vividly contrasts the foundation of Australia's capital at Canberra in the heart of the bush and the fouii-^ datiori of the Commonwealth offices in the heart of the Empire .'within tW same yearl ' \ MELBOURNE, July 25 v The erection of the Commonwealth House in London is to cost £2ff7,OQb.; It will take two years to build. (Sydney Sun Special.— Received S'M a.m.j \ x LONDON, July 25.;. , The Times says that it is rather, indre f than twelve years since the King; c "M Duke of York, opened at Melbourne the • first Parliament of the Commonwealth/ ' During all- that time the new Dominion had prospered more and more abundantly, and in the process had mpressed ■'; itself with a new and wekbme "fcMr^ier - upon the common life of the British world. • j.