" METHUSELAH'S GHOST."
AN AWKWARD QUESTIONER.
SIR JOSEPH IN QUANDARY.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] MATAMATA, Tuesday. The completion of the 30 railway schemes in New Zealand at a greater pace than was at present being observed, was advocated by Sir Joseph Ward in his address at Matamata last evening. "If we could get the moratorium problem settled," he said, " we could then push on with the railways which are being built at the pace of the slowest snail ever bora." " Who started them asked a member of the audience. " That's like Methuselah's ghost coming out of the depths," replied the candidate, who went on to explain that in years gone by, when the Government went to London for money, it could not get more than a limited amount at a time There were SO members of Parliament, all of whom wanted railway grants, but none of whom got enough. Sir Joseph Ward spoke in defence of the Government of the past, but advocated greater speed in completing existing schemes to«*y-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18354, 21 March 1923, Page 10
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