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IMPERIAL CONFERENCE, 1930: SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.

I. PRELIMINARY NOTE. The proceedings of the Conference opened in London on the Ist October, 1980, and were continued until the 14th November. Plenary meetings were normally attended by the following : — United Kingdom. The Right Hon. J. Ramsay Mac Donald, M.P., Prime .Minister (in the chair). The Right Hon. Philip Snowden, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Right Hon. Arthur Henderson, M.P., Secretary of State, for Foreign Affairs. The Right Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P., Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs. The Right Hon. Lord Passfield, Secretary of State for the Colonies. (Representing the colonies, protectorates, and mandated territories.) The Right Hon. Lord Sankey, G.8.E., Lord Chancellor. The Right Hon. William Graham, M.P., President of the Board of Trade. Canada. The Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, K.C., M.P., Prime Minister, Secretary of State for External Affairs, and Minister of Finance. The Hon. Hugh Guthrie, K.C., M.P., Minister of Justice. The Hon. H. H. Stevens, M.P., Minister of Trade and Commerce. The Hon. Maurice Dupre, K.C., M.P., Solicitor-General. Commonwealth of Australia. The Right Hon. J. H. Scullin, M.P., Prime Minister. The Hon. F. Brennan, M.P., Attorney-General. The Hon. Parker J. Moloney, M.P., Minister for Markets and Transport. New Zealand. The Right Hon. G. W. Forbes, M.P., Prime Minister. The Hon. Sir Thomas Sidey, M.P., Attorney-General. Union of South Africa. General the Hon. J. B. M. Hertzog, M.P., Prime Minister and Minister for External Affairs. The Hon. N. C. Havenga, M.P., Minister of Finance. The Hon. A. P. J. Fourie, M.P., Minister of Mines and Industries. Irish Free State. Mr. P. McGilligan, T.D., Minister for External Affairs. Mr. D. Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister for Defence. Mr. P. Hogan, T.D., Minister for Agriculture. Mr. J. A. Costello, K.C., Attorney-General. Newfoundland. The Right Hon. Sir Richard Squires, K.C.M.G., K.C., M.P., Prime Minister. India. The Right Hon. W. Wedgwood Benn, D.5.0., D.F.C., M.P., Secretary of State for India. Lieut.-General H. H. the Maharaja of Bikaner, G.C.5.1., G.C.1.E., G.C.V.0., G.8.E., K.C.8., A.D.C. Sir Muhammad Shafi, K.C.5.1., C.I.E.

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