PRESS CONFERENCE

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IX, Issue 2572, 8 June 1909, Page 3

PRESS CONFERENCE

♦ THE BANQUET TO JOURNALISTS EI'LOGIUMS OX ROSEBERY'S SPEECH. HNTEIITAININI! THE DELEGATES Pi'iw A t-ociiitioii.~(,lo|iyni;i||, (Deceived dune 7, H).m ),.,„.) LONDON, Jim.i 7. J lie (.ovcrnincnf and Opposition oapers insist, that Karl Rosoliorv', ovation wan a (our do force. The Daily Mail says: "The speech was an inspiration of broader patriotism, and will hasten the day when the tax on knowledge of the empire will l H > minced, and Hie cables, which are the veins ami arteries of the empire, will How free j and unfettered."

Tho Radical newspapers comment on the passage wherein Earl liosebcry suggested Unit tho uunreccdenled ami warlike preparations might lead Europe back lo barbarism, or cause a, calasIrophe whereat the working men will cry <; We will have no juoro of this madness and foolery, which is grinding us lo powder."

Tho press delegates lunched with Lord lliirnham, chief proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, at Hall Rani, Ucaconsfiold. where they mid Mr. Lytlelton (formerly Secretary for the Colonies). Sir George Goldio (President, of the Royal Geographical Society), and Field-Mar-hal (Jrenfeld. They weiv afterwards tho guests of Lord Doshoroiigh at Taplow Court, and motored buck to London. Rain marred tho trip. The Times' Ottawa corriwpondeiil sn.v.s thai Iho visit of Hie Australians, acccnlualed Ihe iiileivsl in Ihe Pros'. Conference. „ THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE. Press Association.--Copyrighl. (Ileceived June 7, IU.-lo p.m.i LONDON, June 7. Kilty ladies who are accompaning the didcgnles to the Prcs* Conference will he present at His Majesty's Theatre on Saturday losce Herbert and Lilian Tnv in "The School lor Scandal."

TIIK f MIAIH M ANSI 111». (deceived JilllcS. S.IIU li.lil) LONDON, Juno 7. Mr. Kylliu Thomas, of the Adelaide Register, has been appoiiiti'd president nf'the All l're<s Delegation, in addition in the chairmanship of the Australian section.