THE PREMIER AND HIS PARTY.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 989, 2 December 1910, Page 7

THE PREMIER AND HIS PARTY.

.•■■;:' •,/ ■■'■■'..'. »..'..''-• .■ - ■. ■ • ."■■■PEESENTATION' OF AN ADDRESS. '.;•'. Members of the, Government_party last '.-' evening presented Sir Joseph Ward with '-• an address signed by the wliole. of the members of the liberal party. It is as .follows:— ';•■ -'"To the Right Hon. Sir if. G. Ward, .' -; ; ; "K.0.A1.G., Prime Minister. '■ ' "Bear Sir Joseph Wardj— . ;■ ■ i : > .'■ .'. 'TVe, tho undersigned members of the Liberal party, desire to ''.!■ tender to you our respectful sympathy with, you, Lady Ward, and your family in the attack made upon you in connec- ■ tion with your personal affairs. Wo also ■ congratulate you on, the.able and convincing statement made by you in the .House yesterday, which clearly proved :.'. th&t you had by sheer pluck, ability, and ■'■' perseverance satisfied all claims of your ':! English, -Australian, and New Zealand ':. creditors, and built up a position in the i commercial life of the Dominion of which .: both. yourself and your party, may he ■•■ justly proud. Wo recognise fully the, ;'"- statesmanlike, manner in which you have ■ '•'■ led the country since the Prime Hinister- ■ ship devolved'upon you, and.whilst assuring you .of our complete and unabated : confidence, beg" in conclusion to wish you many further years of successful work for the Empire and this Dominion." »Sir Joseph Ward-expressed his acknowledgment of this very fine mark of goodwill.. He. very much appreciated the references in the address to his. personal ■■■' affairs, and'he. was deeply grateful. It ': was a matter of regret to him always to nave- to make any reference to his nor-. ,'■■■. Bonal affairs.": In future, he hoped those , ; who were responsible for the carrying on of public affairs would be free from per- ■ Bonal- criticism. The position ho occu- !. pied was a difficult one, and anyone who gave anything like satisfaction was entitled to" congratulate hiiwelf. They had : 'to remember that, in this country there ; . -wa= an active-minded people, and he ' Jioped that people would realiso that at times - the Jiead of the Government might ; not be able to move as fast as people might desire.him to. His earnest wish ; was .to keep abreast of the times, and to. : , make as 'few mistakes as possible. They '■' were on the eve of-the. end of the session, and before members assembled again ' there was no doubt that important work would , have to be done on their behalf ! : in-the Old Country. He could only say ■i> that he would feel inspired by the en- !• thnsiasm displayed, and realise that they 1 would make allowance and grant that ; mistakes might be made. Hβ would ■ r go forward :to the conference anxious : '. to do his best for New Zealand, and try ■■' to, do nothing to discret tho people that >' he was at the head of. Sir Joseph ex- ■: pressed his acknowledgment of the cood- ; , will shown towards Lady Ward, and concluded by expressing the hope that any shortcomings of his would bo overlooked, • and that ho would still bo able to do good work on behalf of. New Zealand. . He would treasure the address for the words it conveyed, and for the signatures . that were attached to it. Cheers .were given for Sir Joseph Ward ■ and ..Lady Ward. The council of' the Borough of New Plymouth invites' tenders for the supply ,: of : elcctrical plant extension. ' Jimmie giggled when tho teacher read I- tho story of tho Eoman who. swam across " the' Tiber thrcu times bei'pro breakfast. "You do not doubt a trained swimmer . 6»uld.'dp .that, do you, James?" ."No, ifer," answered Jimmie; "but I wondered ' v 57iy ho didn't.make it four back r to the side his clothes were on."