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CLAIMED BY AUSTRALIANS IN LONDON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received November 9, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, November 8. “No secession speeches” was the implied order of the chairman, Mr John Agnew, in proposing the toast of the guests at the dinner to the secession delegates, given in London. Mr Macallum Smith, in responding, referred to the bad old days when rich specimens were dispatched to London and served to float different companies. contrasting with the present when flotations were made without scientific investigation. He gave English visitors a tip, that a great revival in the goldfields was pending. He managed to make several oblique references to the delegates’ mission, saying that they had made up their minds to remain in London until they had achieved their objective. Mr P. H. Hamilton, in proposing the toast of Western Australia, retorted. “I don’t know when you will get away in view of that resolution.” Mr Colebatch responded.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 17
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158MINING REVIVAL Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19953, 10 November 1934, Page 17
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