SIR JOSEPH HONOURED.
A PATRIOTIC SPEECH.
(By"Eleotbio'Telegbaph-Copybioht.) ipkb press ahbooutiun.)
Received, May 9, 9.30 a.ra. LONDON, May 8. Right Hons. L Harcourt, S, Buxton, and Colonel Pecly, Sir Wra, Hall-Jones, Lady and Miss Ward, Dr Findlay and 250 members attended tho luncheon tendered to Sir Joseph Ward by the New Zealand members of tho House of Commons.
.The Speaker, in proposing Sir Joseph's health, said the Commoners had watched his long career with great interest. They would never forgot Now Zealand's timely offer of a Dreadnought to help the navy when there wa6 possible stress ahead.
Sir Joseph Ward recei\ed a, great reception 'On rising to reply. He said New Zealanders recognised that anything they did to help the Motherland was also■ helping. New Zealand and other dominions to maintain the strength of the whole Empire. He hoped, as an< outcome of the Conference, 'that • some; practical system would ; ;be inaugurated for 'the assistance and personation of the Empire. He would bo proud to see New Zealand so worthily represented in tho House of Commons.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9509, 9 May 1911, Page 5
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175SIR JOSEPH HONOURED. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9509, 9 May 1911, Page 5
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