Mr, Amery on Colonial Co-operation: Tours for Home Officials London, Oct. 7.
Sir, Fred Lugard, format Governor-General of Nigeria, pre-ided at a luncheon of the Nigeria Club to-day to bid farewell to Graeme Thomsor, the New Gove ernor of Nigeria.
Mr. Amery, the Colonia! Secretary, ina speech declared that it essential that various groups of colonies should come closer together. The same natural and economic forces which had brought scattered colonies into the Domin-fons were going to bring the seats tered administrative colonies, if not into a federation, anyhow' ints much closer association with each other.
Sir' Graeme Thomson expressed the opinion that the closeness of touch between the colonies and the Colonial Office should increase very greatly. He hoped that it would be even possible for Colonial Offics officials to visit the colonies, He suggested the formation of a standing transport committee of the Colonial Office to ce-ordinate the experiments of the different colonies land to advise in regard to new ex-
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