| Main Performers | Lord Ridley, Chairman (Presiding),
Mr Austin Chamberlain MP,
Mr Chaplin,
Sir John Cockburn,
Mr G K Naylor LCC,
Mr Samuel Storey - speakers |
| Set List | Organ Recital (H L Balfour)
Opening Speech (Lord Ridley),
Resolution - "That this meeting heartily supports the policy of preferential trade within the Empire, not only as between the Mother Country and the Colonies but also as between colony and colony; being convinced that such a system would augment production everywhere, furnish increased means of employment for the workers, encourage our emigrants ti settle under the flag, enlarge and secure our markets, and thus minister to the prosperity, the strength, and the closer unity of the Empire. Further, this meeting recognises the statesmanlike spirit in which the Governments of the Colines have approached this Imperial question, welcomes the practical steps they have already taken, realises that preference to be fair must be mutual, and trusts they will continue their efforts till the policy they recommend becomes settled policy of the whole Empire" (Mr Austin Chamberlain, seconded - Mr Chaplin),
Speech (Mr Chaplin),
Speech (Sir John Cockburn),
Resolution Past and Speech (Lord Ridley),
Vote of Thanks (Mr Samuel Storey, seconded - Mr G K Naylor LCC),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem) |
| Performance Notes | Those present included, The Duke of Sutherland, Mrs Austin Chamberlain, Mr Bonar Law MP, Mr Arnold-Forster MP, Lord Harrowby, Mr F E Smith MP, Mr Samuel Storey, Lord Bessborough, Sir Gilbert Parker MP, Lord Hardinge, The Duke of Somerset, Lord Glenesk, Mr J Parker Smith, Lord Dunraven, Lord Winchester, Lord Duncannon, Lord Malmesbury, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Mr Arthut Lee MP, Mr Evelyn Cecil MP, Lord Lawrence, Mr Jesse Collings MP, Lord Ampthill, Sir Jospeh Lawrence, Lord Claud Hamilton, Lord Winterton, Lord Oranmore and Browne, Lord Whamcliffe, Lord Llangattock, Lord Teynham, Lord Desborough, the Hon. Claude Hay MP, Lord Morpeth MP, Lord Turnour MP, Colonel Sir C E Howard Vincent MP, Lord Stradbroke, Mr Charles Booth, Lord Leith of Fyvie, Lord Lesiham, Mr A Mosoly, Lord Ravensworth, Mr L S Amery, Mr Leo J Maxse, Mr J F P Rawlinson KC MP, Mr H H Marks MP, Mr John Boraston, General Sir R Pole-Carew, Mr Donald Macmaster KC, Mr J Henniker Heaton MP, Mr Ratclffe Cousins, Mr Richard Jebb, and Sir Westby Percival.
A souvenir programme was issued which contained portraits of the Premiers of the self-governing Colonies, and characteristics passages from their speeches upon preference. |