SIR JOSEPH WARD'S ACTION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 619, 15 November 1913, Page 5

SIR JOSEPH WARD'S ACTION.

REPLY TO AUCKLAND CITIZENS. On Wednesday the Citizens' Defence Committee at Auckland forwarded a resolution of protest to Sir Joseph Ward, stating that the committee felt that Sir Joseph's attitude in the House of Representatives when the strike was under consideration, could only prove embarrassig to the Government, and serve no useful purpose. A telegram in reply has been received by the Mayor from the Leader of the Opposition, and it readn as follows:-—"I emphatically deny the statement that I am endeavouring, or have endeavoured, to embarrass the Government in its efforts. On the contrary, I have at all times, expressed my readiness to assist the Government in every possible way. My remarks yesterday were made with a full sense of my responsibility, and with a sincere desire to aid in having the present industrial dispute amicably and satisfactorily settled in the beet interests of all classes of the community, and in particular in the interests of many innocent personß, who, from communications I have received, I am convinced will suffer ruin from the further prolongation of the struggle. In contradistinction to your resolution I have received many communications from responsible people throughout the Dominion, approving of the course I have taken. —J. G. Ward."