Me, Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presiding at a Corona Club dinner to-night, mentioned that early improvements in the Colonial Services were likely to result from the Colonial Conference.
Tu the course of a general survey of the colonies, Mr. Amery said that the new Legislative Council of Ceylon worked not unsatisfactorily, al though, like the House of Commons, it sometimes preferred _the silver of speech to the more valuable [gold of silence.
A. special commission was soing lout in the autumn to advise amen Iments required in the Constitution.
Mr. Amery thought that Hong kong had had a very difficult year, lout the strike had been broken by: the common-sense, and
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