Australians here appear fo be quite pleased with the manner in which Mr. Lyons is acting in London. Every Prime Minister of Australia has been elated with his o®eial re. Jeeption in England; and, like thos who have gone before him, Mir. Lyons enjoying that rich experience.
Sydney papers are making much in appreciation of the light-hearted [words of Mr. Thomas at the Ancient 'Mariner's banquet recently held in London, "That old perisher' wants watching." said Mr. Thomas. "He comes here as a family man with sixteen children and an. innocent Took on his face—but he wants watching" It is still remembered in this country, how an immortal car-than of the emptying, littered War-Cabinet room where' Mr. Asquith's says to Mr. Lloyd George, in ref-
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