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of correspondence, and arrived at the Liverpool bar 

 about four the following afternoon. Mr. William- 

 son came out with a tender and took us ashore. A 

 very enthusiastic crowd gave Mr. Chamberlain a 

 warm welcome on the landing stage. His son, 

 Austen, came to meet him with the Mayor and 

 Mr. Jesse Collings. Bergne and I followed and 

 saw them off at Lime Street in a " special " for 

 Birmingham. We both felt quite grieved at saying 

 " good-bye " to our esteemed Chief, with whom we 

 had had such a pleasant association and worked in 

 absolute harmony for so many months. 



