DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 27, 25 September 1912, Page 3

DOMINION TELEGRAMS.

THE NAVY LEAGUE. (Per Press Association.) , Wellington, September 24. Two interesting speeches were delivered at the Navy League Conference to-day, Air R. McLean (Napier) presiding. The Governor struck a high Imperial note for closer union between the different parts of the Empire through an Imperial Council. “I would,” His Excellency said, “venture ’ to say that I hope in the not very distant future the self-goverffing .Domin- > ions will assume full statutory partnership in the responsibilities and obligations, as well as the privileges and advantages of Empire. I hope the time is very near for a modification of the existing relations between the pMother Country, and' the Dominions', which would provide for the admission of the > people of. the oversea Dominions • and possessions to a common citizenship of an Imperial character, with an adequate measure of representation in an Imperial Council. The idea, he continued, had undergone considerable development, and he hoped the Council at no distant date, would take on more of an Imperial nature, with representat tives of the Dominion in an advisory character. Mr Alien, Minister of Defence, said he was quite sure the Governor’s words would ibe welcomed throughout New Zealand. The people would be glad to hear that there was a possibility of New Zealand being taken somewhat more into the confidence of the Mother Country. New Zealand should shoulder her responsibilities, and as a return receive the confidence of the Old Land. If they were to maintain the Empire they must do a great deal more than they were doing at present, and one great stimulus to the people of the Southern Pacific would come if the necessity arose of having to face direct hostility to themselves. MARINE ENGINEERS. Wellington, September 24. A deputation from the Marine Engineers’ Institute and Amalgamated Society of Engineers waited on the Minister for Marine to-day with regard to matters ,affecting their calling. The Minister said that the Department was prepared to hold examinations every two months, instead of every four months as at present. The deputation also urged that some of the smaller boats required more supervision. Officers and engineers had to eat and sleep in the same place, and cargo was stowed in an unsafe manner. The Minister promised an enquiry, and added that the Department had no objcc- | tion to amending the Act so as to make -it perfectly clear that the technical school course of two years and the •shop service of three years should not run concurrently. THE LAKE COLERIDGE STRIKE. Christchurch, September 24. The men employed at Lake Coleridge • works are still on strike, although ’no trouble amongst the men is anticipated. The precaution has been taken to send two constables to the scene of the strike to maintain order. Mr Patterson, secretary of the General Labourers’ Union, has received a letter from Mr 11. Campbell, the organiser, dealing with the state of affairs at the contract, but he did not feel justified in making the contents public until the letter had been placed before I the executive of the union. A further development has taken place. The men want two carpenters I dismissed who worked yesterday, and j they are threatening to handle them ;roughly.