PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE DELEGATES AT GLASGOW. A TRIP ON THE CLYDE. United Press Association —Copyright. .(Received June 23, 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, June 22. The Press Conference delegates were dho guests ol the Glasgow Corporation. The weather was rainy. They inspected the North British locomotive works, •employing 8000 hands, and then joined the ladies in a steamer trip on the Clyde. The Lord Provost and many (Glasgow notabilities were aboard. The party visited the Fairfield shipbuilding yards. The Australians, with. Captain Collins, the Commonwealth agent, hoarded the Australian destroyer, now under construction. Standing on the keel, they cheered the future navy. Continuing the cruise, the paity viewed the. Clyde yachting carnival at Rothesay. ' AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY, CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES. At the University in the afternoon, the Vice-Chancellor (Dr. Donald Mac•ilister) conferred honorary degrees on six delegates, in the presence of a lartrn gathering. He referred to the degrees as a tribute tendered to the British press throughout the world. Mr j. A. MacDonald (Toronto) thanked the University. In the evening a corporation dinner was held in the City Chambers,
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2535, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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179PRESS CONFERENCE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2535, 23 June 1909, Page 5
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