PRESS CONFERENCE

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2532, 19 June 1909, Page 5

PRESS CONFERENCE

*■ A VISIT TO SHEFFIELD. A MOTORING TOUR. "United Press Association—Copyright LONDON, June 17. Replying to Lord Curzon’s toast yesjL' • terday at the luncheon at Oxford to {**%. Aho press delegates, Mr Hacket, edi--4 r tor of the “West Australian”, declared that the overseas universities were moulded on the lines of Oxford 'and Cambridge. Hence they had drawn inspiration, which made, the colonial universities formidable rivals of the old seats of learning. The colonies had been drawn in a special manner closer to Oxford by Mr Cecil Rhodes’ bequest. The colonies were unable to recognise Oxford University as the property of Oxford. It was rather a possession of the whole Empire. The delegates expressed themselves intensely' interested with the Sheffield industries,.!. The press delegates saw the making of a 12-inch gun at Vickers, Son, and Maxim’s works at Sheffield, and the rolling of 25-ton armor plate. Mr R. M. Macdonald, of Christchurch, in thanking the firm, referred to his own early experiences as a railway engineer, which enabled him to appreciate the firm’s sterling work to-day. The delegates are motoring in the Peak district. They lunched at Chatsworth, and thence proceeded to Buxton, Stockport, and Manchester.