SOCIAL TO MR WILFORD.
' IN BAD HEALTH. . LEAVES FOR A TRIP. (Per -Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec 22 In proposing" the toast of Mr Willord's health at a compliment a." stc:al last ■night, Mr R. Fletcher said that tho timct was now approaching when further honours would ibe heaped upon him. Replying. Mr Wiliord said that the worst part of his public life came that day, when, he had been informed by his medical advisers that be wouldi bs unaWe to take office if it were offered to him. He had been 18 years .getting! .where he was rioliticdHy. :ix> it came hard. He believed, however, that in a few months he would be wholly recovered. He had hesitatI er.V whether to resign or not. but before he A\ent abroad he would leave I a signed nomination paper behind and 1 leave hitoiself in the electors hands. 1 If he. .returned without health, he I would: immediately resign.
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Grey River Argus, 23 December 1911, Page 3
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