SIR JOSEPH WARD

Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 139, 10 December 1919, Page 9

SIR JOSEPH WARD

CORDIAL WELCOMES.

(BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

WAIPAWA, 9th December. Sir Joseph Ward passed through Waipawa this afternoon en route to Hastings. He received a most enthusiastic welcome, a call for cheers being responded to vigorously. Sir Joseph spoke for about half an hour, stressing the need for a strong Government to carry the ship of State through the troublous times ahead. He advocated a strong forward public works policy, and expressed his firm belief that the Liberals would at the general election again come into their own.

Sir Joseph Ward addressed similar open-air meetings at Masterton, Pahiatua and Dannevirke, experiencing the same measure of cordiality in each centre.

NAPIER, 9th December. Sir Joseph Ward arrived in Hastings by motor-car this evening, and addressed a very large audience in the Municipal Theatre. He received a good hearing and was seldom interrupted. Sir Joseph Ward spoke for two hours, dealing with subjects upon which he has already spoken in other centres and the platform laid down in his manifesto upon seceding from the National Government. He spoke at length on his proposals for nationalisation affecting- the coal mines, a State bank, hydro-electric schemes, and the Wellington-Lyttelton ferry service.

At the conclusion a' vote of thanks and confidence met with an equal volume of ayes and noes, but was declared carried by the Mayor (Mr. G. Ebbert),-who occupied the chair.