With a band of bagpipes at Its head, the newly constituted Now South 'Wales "Scottish Regiment marched through Sydney the other day, 400 strong. 'This was the regiment's first appearance in Sydney, and it was re~ turing from' ts annual camp. The regiment made a brave show. The white gaiters and belts emphasized the precision of the marching. Khaki Jackets are worn above kills of the Black Watch tartan, By. the tine the regiment hnd marched the lengths of several blocks, 9 crowd of three for four hundred friends and admirers had gathered and the regimental Sergeant major dismissed the men in the presence of a large and appre-elative audience.
This is the only Scottish regiment in Australia and although it only has recently been reconstituted as a Scottish regiment, it has a long ancestry, It is the 30th Battalion of the Australian Military Forees, and, og such, continues the traditions of the ALLE. also, it fs affiliated with the Black Watch, whose tarian it wears, and already it is the strongest bal talion in Australia, 'The' Government recently _announced that the Commonwealth Commerce Department had decided send a trade delegation of three members to India, to consist of a representative of the primary industries, a "representative versed in secondary industry and commercial imnowledge, and a representative the Department of Commerce. Recent investigations of the Indian Latham Mission Fast year in Japan. Within that time the Federal and State Governments, business firms. and private citizens did their best make the visitor's slay in Australia happy and friendly. It was a. mission of goodwill from start to finish Officially there were no special negotiations to be conducted. In the background of course, there is a trade treaty still in process of completion. and it is to be supposed that Mr. Debuehi in his private talks with Federal Ministers did not omit mention the importance which the Japanese Government attached to it. Sir John Latham found it ative subject in Japan last year; indeed, so! eager were the Japanese for exchange of official representation with this country that they even hoped the "Commonwealth might, like Canada, establish its own legation in 'Tokyo.' Sir John Latham convinced the Japanese Foreign Minister that this was unnecessary but he agreed that some representation had become essential, specially on the economic side. The result was the appointment fof an Australian Trade Commissioner to Japan and in that capacity Col.) Longfield Lloyd departed for Tokyo recently.
Me, Debuchi made a host of friends In Sydney and Melbourne, to whom, his open disposition and" charming manner promptly commended him.
Tneldentally Mr. Debuchi will have} learned that the unfortunate loss of Sir John Latham to the political life of this country so shortly after his return from Japan, was for to be construed in any way whatever adversely tothe Government's high satisfaction with his work In Japan.
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