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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8843, 20 June 1907, Page 2

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Press Association.—Copyright. Perth, June 19. Messrs Deakin and Lyne returned from the Imperial Conference by the steamer Orontos. They were given an enthusiasticSreception at the Queen's Hall, arranged by the Australian Native's As* sociation. The Mayor, Premier, and other Ministers and leading oitizens were* present. Juno 20.

Mr t)eakiii, at the reception, referred to the torrent of hospitality wherewith the delegates were inun ; •dated in England; There Was too much hospitality. He outlined the strenuous light to have the Imperial Gdnference opened to the press: Poople had been obliged to speak from information obtained froin the Babies. This was obtained from very uncertain information supplied in London. He full report to roach Australia about July 6tli. A good many things had not yet been communicated to the people; and they wovild find some surprises in the report. The congress had been a triple success, firstly because of the extraordinary interest and expectation with which it was awaited, secondly becausaj the actual results were of course not those for which they would havejhoped, but those for which the most part they had expected. Perhaps the greatest .success of all was one from the Conference, and yet outside the Conference, that every Australian in London rallied to support them in what they were doing, that representatives of other dominions applauded and encouraged them to go on, and that the British people by resolutions and other indications of sympathy congratulated and urged them forward. "When members of the Conference spoke straight to the people of the Mother Country, apart from and above local politics, they supported them as citizens of an Empire united by many natural ties, and looking forward to one high destiny. j S>}T William Lyno outlined the doings of the Navigation Conference. He had been struck by the fact how little people in England knew { about Australia, and urged the necessity of better advertising. j