THE PRIME MINISTER.

Mataura Ensign, 28 January 1911, Page 4

THE PRIME MINISTER.

1 .UATTKKS OF STA'I'F. l-i:i: I XI I'l l' I HISS asm I'iAIIOX ATCKIjAM). .Lan, - 2S. Sir .In"C|ili Ward arrived this niorninii. In ii'i iuicrx ictv In- stated tli.u (lie !ow-p;;wer uircless it l.yraphv stat:oih \\ i> HI:I 1..- cnlllpict (d :;t Welli 11;:.ton :<nd the other places :ili(;klv mentioned uitliin hiu or three months and lilt, station at Douhtles* Hav within months. There was no need for a lon-power stiition at Auckland, as it was in dose touch uiim I):iiilitl>'ss li;i\- liv telegraph. In connection with ilk' V .-income:* mail service lie said that within a few months -New Zealand will have the steamers Manuka, .Maranir. and another steamer in regular commnnication with New Zealand and London. th<> voyage lieiny made in IMnn i>7 to '2S days possibly less. Sir Joseph Ward lias cabled Home protesting against the removal of (!:<• Hijxh Commissioner trom Fiji to .Sydney.