§ MR. HENNIKER HEATON (Canterbury)asked the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Can he give the House any information as to the result of a conference of Australian Prime Ministers held in Sydney for the defence of the Australasian Colonies?
§ THE UNDER SECERTARY OF STATE (Mr. OSBORNE MORGAN) (Denbighshire, E.)We know from the Sydney papers of April 28 that the Premiers of New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland had met Admiral Tryon at Sydney to discuss his scheme for the defence of the Australasian Colonies; but we have not yet received any despatch giving the result of the conference, and it is probable that some time must elapse before such a despatch can be received. If the hon. Member will kindly communicate with me, I will let him know when the information he desires can be given to the House—assuming, that is to say, that by that time he is in a position to ask it and I am in a position to give it.