SIR JOSEPH WARD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 50, Issue 124, 7 March 1930, Page 4

SIR JOSEPH WARD.

TO RETURN TO ROTORUA. CURRENT RUMOURS DENIED. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, March 6. Acting on the advice of his Cabinet colleagues, the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Ward) has decided to return to Rotorua to obtain further treatment. Sir Joseph will probably leave for the thermal centre over the week-end. Current rumours that Sir Joseph Ward is resigning were denied yesterday. “No such change is contemplated,” was the answer given by an official in intimate touch with the Prime Minister. The following statement was, on the authority of tire Prime Minister, also issued: “The Prime Minister presided over the Cabinet meeting at Wellington on Tuesday last and great pleasure was expressed by all the Ministers present at the very evident benefit to his health which had resulted from the special treatment received at Rotorua.” Sir Joseph Ward acknowledged tire very cordial greetings cf his colleagues and commented upon the good work accomplished by the Ministers during his absence from the capital.

At the conclusion of a three hours’ meeting, the Ministers unanimously requested that the Prime Minister should return to Rotorua for at least another month. The benefit to Sir Joseph’s health was so marked that they were all earnestly desirous of seeing him obtain the fullest advantage from further treatment. The Prime Minister said he was really feeling much better, and, in the hope of a larger measure of benefit to his health, he would probably return to Rotorua at an early date.