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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 7, 24 August 1911, Page 5

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(Received 24, 10.50 a.m.) London, August 23. • Surrey (145 and 63) defeated Kent by nine runs, Kent scoring 107 and 92. For -Surrey Smith took thirteen wickets for 64, while in Surrey’s second innings Woolley captured seven wickets for nine. Hush, Kent’s wicketkeeper, in two innings, stumped nine men and caught one. \ Jessop has declined the Marylobone Club’s invitation to join the team. HOT WEATHER IN LONDON. Q (Received 24, 10.50 a.m.) London, August 23. Tho Australian High Commissioner’s department is closing owing to the hot weather. IMPERIAL AFFAIRS. o (Received 24, 10.55 a.m.) Sydney, August 24.

Mr Pearce states that the Australians did not support Sir Joseph Ward’s resolution at the Imperial Conference for greater legislative powers to deal with British and foreign shipping because the Federal Constitution gives full power to deal with navigation. Nothing further was wanted to deal with British and foreign shipping. Regarding cables, the Conference unanimously agreed that in the event of a considerable reduction not being effected in the near future on the Atlantic cable, the question of a State-owned cable should be considered by a subsidiary conference. Referring to Sir Joseph Ward’s motion for an Imperial Parliament on defence it was evident that the matter was not thoroughly thought out. For instance, it was proposed to give this Parliament power to make peace or war, lint the Dominion Parliaments were to retain control of their armies. Thus the party declaring war would have no means to effect its policy. It was also proposed that the United Kingdom have two hundred members and the whole of the Dominions only seventy-five. Such a scheme had no hope of acceptance.