THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 7 December 1911, Page 6

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THE PREMIER'S TOUR.

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INVERCA.RGILL, Dec. 6,

The Premier attempted to keep his appointment to address the electors of Stewart Island to-day but the tug had to put back as had she continued she might not have heen able to renu'n from the Island.

Sir Joseph Ward addresssed the inmates of the Charitable Institution ae Lome farm.in the afternoon and iiad a big meeting at Kennington to-n-'dit. He received a good.hearing. His sp<H>< n was mostly on familiar lines, contradicting the Reform Party's assertions in a message from Wellington publi died in certain papers this morning. In regard to the holding up of mails, S.ir J. G. Ward characterised this as a deliberate and infamous lie and the, \vt>vk of one man who wasn't acting iu'-1.0 interests of his journal or of thepeo?. >. In answer to a question Sir Jos-vh Ward said he was going to have .in ■ :;- quiry made concerning the expenditure of all public moneys spent in his £;<•<'- torate and if the money was spent improperly it would have to he returned. At the conclusion a vote of thanks ri»A confidence was carried.